The isotropic fractionator: A fast, reliable method to determine numbers of cells in the brain or other tissues

Neuromethods

Volumn 67, Issue , 2012, Pages 391-403

  Herculano Houzel, Suzana ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Nacional de Neurociência Translacional   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allometry; Brain size; Isotropic fractionator; NeuN; Numbers of neurons; Stereology

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; NEURON SPECIFIC NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PARAFORMALDEHYDE;

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN SIZE; CELL COUNT; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL NUCLEUS; DISSECTION; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HEATING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT INTENSITY; MICROMORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PURKINJE CELL; RELIABILITY; STEREOLOGY; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 84859740567     PISSN: 08932336     EISSN: 19406045     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/7657_2011_13     Document Type: Article

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