Stereology of nerve cross sections

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 107-118

  Larsen, Jytte Overgaard ^a,b,c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

2D nucleator; Absolute size distribution; Axon area; Axon perimeter; Fractionator; Myelin sheath thickness; Stereology; Total axon number

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL SIZE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; FEMALE; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RABBIT; STEREOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; RABBITS;

EID: 0032215084     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(98)00129-0     Document Type: Article

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