Sensory neuron number in neonatal and adult rats estimated by means of stereologic and profile-based methods

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 386, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 8-15

  Popken, Gregory J ^a   Farel, Paul B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cell counting; Development; Dorsal root ganglia; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONAL TRANSPORT; CELL COUNT; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MALE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030801321     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970915)386:1<8::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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