Stereological methods for estimating the total number of neurons and synapses: Issues of precision and bias

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 51-61

  West, Mark J ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; HISTOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROSCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0033083082     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2236(98)01362-9     Document Type: Review

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