"Posterior Horn Cells" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Neurons in the posterior (dorsal) horn of the spinal cord whose cell bodies and processes are confined entirely to the central nervous system. They receive collateral or direct terminations of dorsal root fibers. They send their axons either directly to ANTERIOR HORN CELLS or to the white matter ascending and descending longitudinal fibers.
| Descriptor ID |
D020671
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.186.854.610 A08.663.650.675 A11.671.650.675
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| Concept/Terms |
Posterior Horn Cells- Posterior Horn Cells
- Cell, Posterior Horn
- Cells, Posterior Horn
- Posterior Horn Cell
- Neurons, Posterior Horn
- Neuron, Posterior Horn
- Posterior Horn Neuron
- Posterior Horn Neurons
- Neurons, Dorsal Horn
- Dorsal Horn Cells
- Cell, Dorsal Horn
- Cells, Dorsal Horn
- Dorsal Horn Cell
- Dorsal Horn Neurons
- Dorsal Horn Neuron
- Neuron, Dorsal Horn
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| 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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