Two-dimensional versus three-dimensional cell counting: A practical perspective

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 11-17

  Benes, Francine M ^a,b   Lange, Nicholas ^a,b  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CELL COUNT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GLIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTOR CORTEX; NEOCORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; STEREOLOGY; TECHNIQUE; VARIANCE;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; NEOCORTEX; NERVE TISSUE; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS;

EID: 0035060558     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2236(00)01660-X     Document Type: Review

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