Stereology, morphometry, and mapping: The whole is greater than the sum of its parts

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 115-126

  Glaser, Jacob R ^a   Glaser, Edmund M ^a  

^a MicroBrightField Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain mapping; Computer microscopy; Neurostereology; Unbiased stereology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; COMPUTER; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 0033794522     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-0618(00)00073-9     Document Type: Article

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