Total number of neurons in the neostriatal, pallidal, subthalamic, and substantia nigral nuclei of the rat basal ganglia: A stereological study using the cavalieri and optical disector methods

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 366, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 580-599

  Oorschot, Dorothy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

caudate putamen; convergence; entopeduncular nucleus; function; globus pallidus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CELL COUNT; CELL VOLUME; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; STEREOMETRY;

ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; DISSECTION; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; MICROTOMY; NEOSTRIATUM; NEURONS; OPTICS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; THALAMIC NUCLEI; TISSUE EMBEDDING;

EID: 0029942444     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960318)366:4<580::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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