The substantia nigra pars compacta of the Göttingen minipig: An anatomical and stereological study

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 213, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 481-488

  Nielsen, Mette Slot ^a   Sørensen, Jens Christian ^b   Bjarkam, Carsten Reidies ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal model; Design based stereology; Immunohistochemistry; Optical fractionator; Parkinson disease; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GOTTINGEN MINIPIG; MESENCEPHALON; MINIPIG; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA PARS RETICULATA; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ZONA COMPACTA;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES; SUIDAE;

EID: 69949130206     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-009-0217-5     Document Type: Article

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