Design-based stereology in neuroscience

Neuroscience

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 813-831

  Schmitz, C ^a,b   Hof, P R ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b European Graduate School of Neuroscience   (Netherlands)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

brain; morphometry; neuron counts; stereology

Indexed keywords

BRAIN REGION; CELL COUNT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DENSITY; GLIA CELL; LABORATORY APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEUROSCIENCE; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STEREOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; CELL SHAPE; HUMANS; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY; NEUROANATOMY; NEURONS; SELECTION BIAS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 11844300345     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2004.08.050     Document Type: Review

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