Morphometry of cervical segments grey matter in the male rat spinal cord

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 217-229

  Portiansky, Enrique Leo ^a   Barbeito, Claudio Gustavo ^a   Goya, Rodolfo Gustavo ^b   Gimeno, Eduardo Juan ^a   Zuccolilli, Gustavo Oscar ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Image analysis; Lamina; Neurones; Physiology; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CEPHALOMETRY; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAY MATTER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEREOLOGY; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 5644270167     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2004.04.031     Document Type: Article

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