Stereologic analysis of cell number and size during postnatal development in the rat substantia nigra

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 419, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-37

  Scott, Samuel A ^a   Diaz, Naomi M ^a   Ahmad, Syed O ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Cavalieri; Dopaminergic; Optical fractionator; Stereology; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

THIONINE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SIZE; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STEREOLOGY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE SECTION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 34247881877     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.03.067     Document Type: Article

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