Heterogeneity in the columnar number of neurons in different neocortical areas in the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 97-100

  Skoglund, T S ^a   Pascher, R ^a   Berthold, C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

brain; cortical column; cytoarchitecture; disector; neuron counting; stereology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOLOGY;

EID: 0029929423     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12569-6     Document Type: Article

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