A quantitative comparison of synaptic density following perfusion versus immersion fixation in the rat cerebral cortex

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 300-304

  Monfils, Marie H ^a   Bray, Doug F ^a   Driscoll, Ira ^a   Kleim, Jeffrey A ^a   Kolb, Bryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Golgi Cox; Synaptic density

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON MICROSCOPES;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; GOLGI-COX; IMMERSION TECHNIQUE; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; SYNAPTIC DENSITY;

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GOLGI COMPLEX; IMMERSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; STEREOLOGY; SYNAPSE; TISSUE FIXATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 26844514766     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20214     Document Type: Article

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