Numbers of neurons and non-neuronal cells in human trigeminal ganglia.

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.