Estimation of the number of nerve fibers in the human vestibular endorgans using unbiased stereology and immunohistochemistry

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 145, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 37-46

  Lopez, Ivan ^a   Ishiyama, Gail ^a   Tang, Yong ^b   Frank, Michael ^a   Baloh, Robert W ^a   Ishiyama, Akira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Human temporal bone; Immunohistochemistry; Inner ear; Microdissection; Nerve fibers; Stereology; Vestibular periphery; Vestibule

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OSMIUM TETRAOXIDE; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; RESIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; AXOPLASM; COCHLEA FENESTRA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MICRODISSECTION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROFILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY; TEMPORAL BONE; UTRICLE; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBERS; SOFTWARE; VESTIBULE;

EID: 19544384580     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2004.11.024     Document Type: Article

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