An unbiased stereological method for efficiently quantifying the innervation of the heart and other organs based on total length estimations

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1402-1409

  Mühlfeld, Christian ^c   Papadakis, Tamara ^c   Krasteva, Gabriela ^c   Nyengaard, Jens Randel ^a   Hahn, Ute ^b   Kummer, Wolfgang ^c  

^a Stereology and Electron Microscopy Laboratory   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Design based stereology; Electron microscopy; Innervation; Myocardium

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN; PGP9.5 PROTEIN, MOUSE; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEURONS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE;

EID: 77951942926     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01013.2009     Document Type: Article

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