Three-dimensional spatial distribution of synapses in the neocortex: A dual-beam electron microscopy study

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1579-1588

  Merchán Pérez, Angel ^a,c   Rodríguez, José Rodrigo ^a,d   González, Santiago ^b   Robles, Víctor ^b,c   Defelipe, Javier ^a,d   Larrañaga, Pedro ^c   Bielza, Concha ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MADRID   (Spain)

^b Laboratorio de Minería de Datos y Simulación Centro de Tecnología Biomédica   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dual beam electron microscopy; Focused ion beam milling scanning electron microscopy; Neocortex; Spatial distribution of synapses; Spatial statistics; Synapses

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL BEAM ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEOCORTEX; NERVE ENDING; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSE; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TISSUE PREPARATION; VISUAL CORTEX; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NERVE CELL; PROCEDURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; NEUROPIL; RATS, WISTAR; SOFTWARE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84900801447     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bht018     Document Type: Article

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