Spatial distribution of human neocortical neurons and glial cells according to sex and age measured by the saucer method

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-26

  Stark, A K ^a   Petersen, A O ^a   Gardi, J ^b   Gundersen, H J G ^b   Pakkenberg, B ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Distribution; Human; Neocortex; Saucer; Stereology; Three dimension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MICROGLIA; MOLECULAR PROBE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL CULTURE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; STEREOLOGY; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASTROCYTES; ATROPHY; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROGLIA; NEOCORTEX; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; OLIGODENDROGLIA; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 34250637890     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2007.03.019     Document Type: Article

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