Stereological estimation of the total number of ventilatory units in mice lungs

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 238, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-89

  Wulfsohn, D ^a   Knust, J ^b,c   Ochs, M ^d   Nyengaard, J R ^b   Gundersen, H J G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acini; Disector; Euler number; Fractionator; Lung; Quantitative microscopy; Topology

Indexed keywords

DUCTS; MAMMALS; TISSUE; TOPOLOGY;

ACINUS; ALVEOLAR STRUCTURE; DISECTOR; EULER NUMBERS; FRACTIONATORS; GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG; MOUSE LUNG; QUANTITATIVE MICROSCOPY; UNBIASED ESTIMATOR;

SHRINKAGE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLE; BRONCHUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS EXCHANGE; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG ALVEOLUS WALL; LUNG VENTILATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 77949627244     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2009.03332.x     Document Type: Article

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