Stereological estimation of the total number of myelinated callosal fibers in human subjects

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 218, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 277-284

  Riise, Jesper ^a   Pakkenberg, Bente ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Corpus callosum; Fractionator; Human anatomy; Quantification; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMBEDDING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROTOMY; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE PROJECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; STEREOLOGY;

ADULT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED;

EID: 79951672948     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2010.01333.x     Document Type: Article

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