Computer assisted three-dimensional reconstruction of brain regions from serial section digitized images. Application to the organization of striato-nigral relationships in the rat

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 197-204

  Roesch, S ^a   Mailly, P ^a   Deniau, J M ^a   Maurin, Y ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b 9 Quai Saint Bernard 75005   (France)

Author keywords

2D 2D registration; 3D reconstruction; Basal ganglia; Brain imaging; Nigro striatal loop; Substantia nigra

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NEOSTRIATUM; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 0030298209     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(96)00062-3     Document Type: Article

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