The third quarter of the twentieth century; the golden age of the silver methods

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 399-400

  Heimer, Lennart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTORY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHORT SURVEY; SILVER STAINING; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032702192     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(99)00164-1     Document Type: Review

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