Distortion in formalin-fixed brains: Using geometric morphometrics to quantify the worst-case scenario in mice

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 677-685

  Weisbecker, Vera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain; Distortion; Fixation; Formalin; Geometric morphometrics

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN WEIGHT; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL LANDMARK ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BUFFERS; FEMALE; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; ORGAN SIZE; TIME FACTORS;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84862502246     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-011-0366-1     Document Type: Article

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