No difference between estimated mean nuclear volumes of various types of neurons in the mouse brain obtained on either isotropic uniform random sections or conventional frontal or sagittal sections

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-82

  Schmitz, Christoph ^a   Schuster, Dirk ^a   Niessen, Peter ^a   Korr, Hubert ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Isector; Isotropic uniform random; Nucleator; Number weighted mean volume; Point sampled intercepts; Rotator; Stereology; Volume weighted mean volume

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TYPE; CEREBELLUM; EMBEDDING; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY; TISSUE SECTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CELL SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HIPPOCAMPUS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICROTOMY; NEURONS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033119439     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(99)00019-9     Document Type: Article

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