title: Numbers of neurons and non-neuronal cells in human trigeminal ganglia.
abstract: We analyzed both trigeminal ganglia of eight post-mortem human subjects for their content of neurons and non-neuronal cells using dissociated cell suspension techniques. Neuronal counts in each of the 16 ganglia ranged from 20,000 to 35,400, with an average of 27,400 +/- 4800, and the estimated ratio of non-neuronal to neuronal cells was 100 to 1. Our numbers are comparable to the lower ranges obtained using different techniques in previous studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262, USA. james.laguardia@uchsc.edu
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: LaGuardia
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Cohrs
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Gilden
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001344:Autopsy; D001773:Blood Cells / Q000166:cytology; D002452:Cell Count; D004727:Endothelium / Q000166:cytology; D005260:Female; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000166:cytology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology*; D012668:Trigeminal Ganglion / Q000166:cytology*