A simple stereologic method for analysis of cerebral cortical microvessels using image analysis

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 45-57

  Manoonkitiwongsa, Panya S ^a   McMillan, Paul J ^b   Schultz, Robert L ^b   Jackson Friedman, Catherine ^a   Lyden, Patrick D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Image analysis; Microvessel; Rat; Stereology

Indexed keywords

TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MEASUREMENT; MICROVASCULATURE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STAINING; STEREOMETRY; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NEUROSCIENCES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0034884139     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(01)00087-3     Document Type: Article

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