A morphometric study of the amygdala in the rabbit

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 44-53

  Rowniak M ^a   Robak, A ^a   Szteyn, S ^a   Bogus Nowakowska, K ^a   Wasilewska, B ^a   Najdzion, J ^a  

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

Author keywords

3 dimensional reconstructions; Amygdala; Morphometric analysis; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY TRACT; RABBIT; SHREW; SPECIES COMPARISON; VOLUMETRY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL NUCLEUS SHAPE; CELL NUCLEUS SIZE; GUINEA PIGS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; NEURONS; RABBITS; SHREWS;

CAVIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 33947514761     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: 16443284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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