Comparison of two quantitative methods for the evaluation of neuronal number in the frontal cortex in Alzheimer disease

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1202-1206

  Everall, Ian Paul ^a   DeTeresa, Richard ^b   Terry, Robert ^b   Masliah, Eliezer ^b,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Morphometry; Neuronal loss; Selector; Stereology

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY;

EID: 0030775803     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005072-199711000-00004     Document Type: Article

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