Measuring parallel fiber length in the rat cerebellum

Brain Research

Volumn 801, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 211-215

  Huang, Chi ming ^a   Huang, Rosa H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellar; Cerebellum; Length; Parallel fiber; Rapid Golgi

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; MEASUREMENT; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; CEREBELLUM; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MICROSCOPY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NERVE FIBERS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

EID: 0032504713     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00444-2     Document Type: Article

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