Stereological analysis of the rat and monkey amygdala

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 519, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 3218-3239

  Chareyron, Loïc J ^a   Banta Lavenex, Pamela ^a   Amaral, David G ^b   Lavenex, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdaloid complex; Astrocyte; Human; Neuron; Neuropil; Oligodendrocyte

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY NERVE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SIZE; CELL VOLUME; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; HAPLORHINI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; STEREOMETRY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 80052790885     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22677     Document Type: Article

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