Unbiased stereological quantification of unmyelinated fibers in the rat brain white matter

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 437, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-41

  Li, Chen ^a   Yang, Shu ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Shi, Xiaoyan ^a   Wang, Weiwei ^a   Nyengaard, Jens R ^b   Tang, Yong ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Length; Rat; Stereology; Unmyelinated fibers; Volume; White matter

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RAT; STEREOMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 42749097373     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.03.080     Document Type: Article

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