Pronounced loss of cell nuclei and anisotropic deformation of thick sections

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-73

  Andersen, B B ^a   Gundersen, H J G ^a  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Disector; Fractionator; Lost caps; Nucleolar counting; Optical sections; Section deformation; Shrinkage; Stereology; Thick sections; Underprojection; Vibratome sections

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; TISSUE;

DISECTOR; FRACTIONATORS; LOSE CAP; NUCLEOLAR COUNTING; OPTICAL SECTIONS; SECTION DEFORMATIONS; STEREOLOGY; THICK SECTION; UNDERPROJECTION; VIBRATOME SECTION;

SHRINKAGE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CELL DESTRUCTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOMETRY;

EID: 0032836636     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1999.00555.x     Document Type: Article

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