Estimation of the number of somatostatin neurons in the striatum: An in situ hybridization study using the optical fractionator method

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 370, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-22

  West, Mark J ^a   Østergaard, Karen ^b   Andreassen, Ole A ^c   Finsen, Bente ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

disector; fractionator; hybridization; stereology; striatum

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SOMATOSTATIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOLOGY; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEOSTRIATUM; NEURONS; OPTICS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SOMATOSTATIN;

EID: 0029939740     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960617)370:1<11::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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