Minicolumnar width: Comparison between supragranular and infragranular layers

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-24

  Casanova, Manuel F ^a   El Baz, Ayman ^b   Vanbogaert, Eric ^b   Narahari, Praveen ^a   Trippe, Juan ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b University of Louisville   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Cytoarchitecture; Isocortex; Minicolumns; Neocortex

Indexed keywords

PYROXYLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN TISSUE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NISSL STAINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NEURONS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349263276     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.07.011     Document Type: Article

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