A morphometric study of the amygdala in the guinea pig

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 151-160

  Równiak, Maciej ^a   Robak, Anna ^a   Szteyn, Stanisław ^a   Bogus Nowakowska, Krystyna ^a   Wasilewska, Barbara ^a   Najdzion, Janusz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

Author keywords

3 D reconstructions; Amygdala; Guinea pig; Morphometric analysis

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL NUCLEUS; GUINEA PIG; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; GUINEA PIGS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; NEURONS;

CAVIA PORCELLUS;

EID: 24744456602     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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