Verification of the two-dimensional disector, a method for the unbiased estimation of density and number of myelinated nerve fibers in peripheral nerves

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-34

  Geuna, Stefano ^a   Tos, Pierluigi ^b   Battiston, Bruno ^b   Guglielmone, Renzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b CTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Disector; Myelinated nerve fibers; Peripheral nerve; Quantitative morphology; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; MORPHOLOGY; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; RAT; REVIEW; STEREOLOGY; TECHNIQUE; TIME;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033968592     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(00)80117-X     Document Type: Article

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