简介：Thecurrentstudydemonstratedthatinjuryofthespinalcordlateralfuniculusoccursinlivercirrhosis.Thisstudysoughttocomparethemorphologyofthethoracicandlumbarcord,theexpressionoffunctionalproteins,andchangesinvesselsbetweenlivercirrhosisandnon-cirrhosiscorpses.Resultsshowedthatinthelivercirrhosisgroup,thehepaticveinexpanded,thegastrointestinaltractwasfullofcoagulatedblood,blood-stasiswaseasilyseenintheveniplexofthevertebralcanalandthelumbarspinalcord,andthecellbodiesoftheanteriorhorninthethoracicandlumbarcordweresmallerthanthoseinnon-cirrhosiscorpses.Inaddition,nervecellsshrank,Nisslbodieswereconcentratedwithobscurednuclei,andneurofilamentandsynapsincontainingcellbodiesoftheanteriorhornandwhitematterdecreasedinthelivercirrhosisgroup.Theseexperimentalfindingsindicatethatabnormalcirculationofthespinalcord,resultingfromhemodynamicchangeofcirrhoticportalhypertension,maybethemostsignificantcauseofhepaticmyelopathy.