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Rexed laminae
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The Rexed laminae comprise a system of ten layers of grey matter (I-X), identified in the early 1950s by Bror Rexed to label portions of the spinal cord. [1][2]
Similar to Brodmann areas, they are defined by their cellular structure rather than by their location, but the location still remains reasonably consistent.
- I-VI: Posterior/dorsal horn
- Lamina I: posteromarginal nucleus
- Laminae II/III: substantia gelatinosa
- Laminae III/IV/V: nucleus proprius
- Lamina VI: nucleus dorsalis
- VII-IX: Anterior/ventral horn
- Lamina VII: intermediolateral nucleus
- Lamina VIII: motor interneurons
- Lamina IX: motor neurons which also contain the nucleus of onuf in the sacral region
- Lamina X: neurons bordering Central canal
- ^ Rexed B (1952). "The cytoarchitectonic organization of the spinal cord in the cat.". J Comp Neurol 96 (3): 414-95. PMID 14946260.
- ^ Rexed B (1954). "A cytoarchitectonic atlas of the spinal cord in the cat.". J Comp Neurol 100 (2): 297-379. PMID 13163236.
- Overview at University of the West Indies
- Overview at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
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| Spinal nerve | Dorsal (Root, Ganglion, Ramus) • Ventral (Root, Ramus) • Sympathetic trunk • rami communicantes (Gray, White) |
| Gray matter/Rexed laminae | Posterior horn (Column of Clarke, Substantia gelatinosa of Rolando, Nucleus proprius) • Lateral horn • Anterior horn • Central canal/Substantia gelatinosa centralis |
| White matter: somatic/ascending (blue) | |
| White matter: motor/descending (red) |
Lateral: Corticospinal (Lateral) • Ep (Rubrospinal, Olivospinal) Anterior: Corticospinal (Anterior) • Ep (Vestibulospinal, Tectospinal, Reticulospinal) |
| Layers | Epidural space • Dura mater • Subdural space • Arachnoid mater • Subarachnoid space • Pia mater |
| Other structures | Denticulate ligaments • Conus medullaris • Cauda equina • Filum terminale • Cervical enlargement • Lumbar enlargement • Anterior median fissure |