The optical rotator

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 108-120

  Tandrup, T ^a,b   Gundersen, H J G ^a   Jensen, E B Vedel ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cavalieri; cell size; dorsal root ganglion; local stereology; nucleator; rotator; spatial grid; surfactor; thick sections

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY;

CAVALIERI; CELL-SIZE; DORSAL ROOT GANGLIONS; LOCAL STEREOLOGY; NUCLEATOR; ROTATOR; SPATIAL GRIDS; STEREOLOGY; SURFACTOR; THICK SECTION;

CELL MEMBRANES;

CELL SURFACE; CELL VOLUME; MICROSCOPY; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROTATION;

EID: 0030971024     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1997.2070765.x     Document Type: Review

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