Three-dimensional reconstruction and quantitative study of a pyramidal cell of a Cajal histological preparation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 44, 2006, Pages 11249-11252

  García López, Pablo ^a   García Marín, Virginia ^a   Freire, Miguel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Cajal; Dendritic spines; Filopodia; Golgi method; Pyramidal cell

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; COILED BODY; DENDRITIC SPINE; FILOPODIUM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICE; PYRAMIDAL CELLS;

EID: 33750933171     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3543-06.2006     Document Type: Review

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