Counting neurons is not as easy as 'one-two, three'

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 549-553

  Kapur, R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURVIVAL; EDITORIAL; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LARGE INTESTINE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OBSERVER BIAS; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; INTESTINE, LARGE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEURONS;

EID: 84879165847     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nmo.12141     Document Type: Editorial

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