Table 1 Demographic features of specimens studied for immunocytochemical localization of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and of its receptor
From: Brain-derived neurotrophic factor and its receptor in the human and the sand rat intervertebral disc
Subject number | Site | Thompson score | Age (years), gender | Other information | Herniated? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | L4 to L5: OA, IA, nuc | 1.5 | 45, female | Cooperative Human Tissue Network – unknown cause of death | - |
L3 to L4: OA, IA, nuc | 2 | - | |||
2 | L4 to L5 | 2 | 35, female | Surgical specimen | No |
3 | L4 to L5 | 2 | 32, female | Surgical specimen | Yes |
4 | L5 to S1 | 2 | 21, male | Surgical specimen | Yes |
5 | L4 to L5 | 2 | 44, female | Surgical specimen | Yes |
6 | L4 to L5 | 2 | 37, female | Surgical specimen | Yes |
7 | L4 to L5: OA, IA, nuc | 2.5 | 40, male | Cooperative Human Tissue Network – cause of death, myocardial infarct | - |
8 | L4 to L5 | 3 | 46, female | Surgical specimen | No |
9 | L3 to L4 | 3 | 53, male | Surgical specimen | Yes (recurrent) |
10 | L4 to L5 | 3 | 53, male | Surgical specimen | No |
11 | L4 to L5, L5 to S1 | 3 | 29, female | Surgical specimen | No |
12 | L4 to L5 | 3 | 54, male | Surgical specimen | Yes |
13 | L2 to L3 | 3 | 58, male | Surgical specimen | Yes |
14 | L1 to L2: OA, IA, nuc | 3 | 33, female | Cooperative Human Tissue Network – cause of death, pulmonary embolism | - |
14 | T12 to L1: OA, IA, nuc | 3.5 | - | ||
14 | L3 to L4: OA, IA, nuc | 4 | - | ||
15 | L1 to L2, L2 to L3, L3 to L4 | 4 | 59, female | Surgical specimen | No |
16 | L4 to L5 | 4 | 39, female | Surgical specimen | Yes (recurrent) |
17 | L5 to S1 | 4 | 48, female | Surgical specimen | Yes (recurrent) |
18 | L2 to L3, L3 to L4, L4 to L5, L5 to S1 | 4 | 56, female | Surgical specimen | No |
19 | L4 to L5 | 4 | 19, male | Surgical specimen | No |
20 | L3 to L4 | 4 | 78, male | Surgical specimen | Yes |
21 | L5 to S1 | 5 | 44, female | Surgical specimen | No |
22 | L5 to S1 | 5 | 39, male | Surgical specimen | No |