Use of 'reference series' to realign histological serial sections for three-dimensional reconstructions of the positions of cellular events in the developing brain

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 169-180

  Knabe, Wolfgang ^a   Washausen, Stefan ^a   Brunnett, Guido ^b   Kuhn, Hans Jürg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Central nervous system; Development; Realignment; Reference series; Serial sections; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

RESIN;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; EMBRYO; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANDENTIA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROCOMPUTERS; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; SOFTWARE; STAINING AND LABELING; TUPAIA;

EID: 0037114778     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(02)00247-9     Document Type: Article

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