Important factors for the three-dimensional reconstruction of neuronal structures from serial ultrathin sections

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn 3, Issue MAY, 2009, Pages

  Kubota, Yoshiyuki ^a,b   Hatada, Sayuri N ^a   Kawaguchi, Yasuo ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Cortex; Dendrite; Nonpyramidal cell; Parvalbumin; Section thickness; Synapse; Tomography

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955475405     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.04.004.2009     Document Type: Article

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