Unbiased stereological estimation of different cell types in rat cerebral cortex

Image Analysis and Stereology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-11

  Davanlou, Maziar ^a   Smith, Donald F ^b  

^a University Institute of Pathology Arhus   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cavalieri's estimator; Cerebral cortex; Endothelial cells; Glia; Morphological classification; Neurons; Optical disector; Rat brain; Stereology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646738385     PISSN: 15803139     EISSN: 18545165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5566/ias.v23.p1-11     Document Type: Article

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