Appreciating the difference between design-based and model-based sampling strategies in quantitative morphology of the nervous system

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 427, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 333-339

  Geuna, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Disector; Profile based counts; Statistical inference; Stereology

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAMPLING; STEREOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0034694198     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9861(20001120)427:3<333::AID-CNE1>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Review

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