Use of frozen sections to determine neuronal number in the murine hippocampus and neocortex using the optical disector and optical fractionator

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-57

  Bonthius, Daniel J ^a,b   McKim, Ross ^b   Koele, Lindsey ^a   Harb, Harb ^a   Karacay, Bahri ^a   Mahoney, Jo ^a   Pantazis, Nicholas J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical fractionator; Stereology; Thionin staining

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL COUNT; CELL POPULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTATE GYRUS; FROZEN SECTION; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; STEREOLOGY; TIME; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICRODISSECTION; NEOCORTEX; NEURONS;

EID: 7444244454     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresprot.2004.09.003     Document Type: Article

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