Methodological aspects of 3D and automated 2D analyses of white matter neuronal density in temporal lobe epilepsy

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 260-270

  Eriksson, S H ^a,b   Free, S L ^a   Thom, M ^a   Martinian, L ^a   Sisodiya, S M ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Microdysgenesis; Mild MCD; Morphometry; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOMETRY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33646092548     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: 13652990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2006.00717.x     Document Type: Article

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