Estimation of the numerical densities of neurons and synapses in cerebral cortex

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-16

  Miki, Takanori ^a   Fukui, Yoshihiro ^b   Itoh, Masahiro ^a   Hisano, Setsuji ^b   Xie, Qiang ^a   Takeuchi, Yoshiki ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Neuronal density; Stereology; Synaptic density; Unfolding method; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL DENSITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RAT; STEREOLOGY; SYNAPSE; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOCHONDRIA; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPSES; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0031398951     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(97)00021-4     Document Type: Article

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