Stereology of neural connections: An overview

Neuroanatomical Tract-Tracing 3: Molecules, Neurons, and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 477-529

  Avendaño, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Axon number; Axonal length; Morphometry; Neuron number; Synapse number

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547452373     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-28942-9_16     Document Type: Chapter

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