Three‐dimensional counting: An accurate and direct method to estimate numbers of cells in sectioned material

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 278, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 344-352

  Williams, Robert W ^a   Rakic, Pasko ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abercrombie correction; cell number; cytometry; morphometry; neuron number; stereology

Indexed keywords

CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOMETRY;

ANIMAL; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; MACACA MULATTA; MICROSCOPY; MICROTOMY; NEURONS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0024268109     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.902780305     Document Type: Article

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