Empirical assessment of synapse numbers in primate neocortex

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 119-126

  Mouton, Peter R ^a,b   Price, Donald L ^a   Walker, Lary C ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavalieri principle; Neocortex; Optical disector; Synapses; Synaptophysin; Unbiased stereology

Indexed keywords

SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FOREBRAIN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROSENCEPHALON; RECEPTORS, PRESYNAPTIC; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

EID: 0030803957     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(97)00058-7     Document Type: Article

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