A volumetric screening procedure for the Göttingen minipig brain

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 428-435

  Jelsing, J ^a   Olsen, A K ^b   Cumming, P ^b   Gjedde, A ^b   Hansen, A K ^c   Arnfred, S ^a   Hemmingsen, R ^a   Pakkenberg, B ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

G ttingen minipig brain; MAM; Neuron number; Stereology; Volume

Indexed keywords

ANTIMITOTIC AGENT; METHYLAZOXYMETHANOL ACETATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; INTOXICATION; MINIPIG; NEOCORTEX; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SCREENING TEST; STEREOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VOLUMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; METHYLAZOXYMETHANOL ACETATE; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE; TERATOGENS;

EID: 18844390441     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-004-2026-7     Document Type: Article

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