A stereological method for estimating the total length and size of myelin fibers in human brain white matter

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 193-200

  Tang, Yong ^a,b   Nyengaard, Jens R ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NORTH SICHUAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Human brain; Length; Myelin fibers; Stereology; Volume; White matter

Indexed keywords

MYELIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CALCULATION; DOG; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOMETRICS; MYELINATED NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY; SWINE; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROSCIENCES; SWINE;

EID: 0031007591     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(97)02228-0     Document Type: Article

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