How to use the optical fractionator: An example based on the estimation of neurons in the hippocampal CA1 and CA3 regions of tree shrews

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 211-221

  Keuker, Jeanine I H ^a   Vollmann Honsdorf, Gesa K ^a   Fuchs, Eberhard ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell loss; Degeneration; Neuronal loss; Optical fractionator; Quantification; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; COLORING AGENTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MALE; NEURONS; PERFUSION; PLASTIC EMBEDDING; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TUPAIIDAE;

EID: 0034954274     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(01)00064-2     Document Type: Article

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