Comparing histological data from different brains: Sources of error and strategies for minimizing them

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 349-367

  Simmons, Donna M ^a   Swanson, Larry W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain model; Hypothalamus; Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridization; Neurohistology; Paraventricular nucleus

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAMPLING ERROR; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NEUROANATOMY; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 67349092876     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: 18726321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2009.02.002     Document Type: Review

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