Stereological estimation of total cell numbers in the human cerebral and cerebellar cortex

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue JULY, 2014, Pages

  Walløe, Solveig ^a   Pakkenberg, Bente ^a   Fabricius, Katrine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cell numbers; Development; Human brain; Neocortex; Stereology

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SIZE; CELL COUNT; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; COGNITION; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS BRAIN; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEREOLOGY;

EID: 84904295618     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00508     Document Type: Review

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