Stereological study of amygdala glial populations in adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorder

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Morgan, John T ^a   Barger, Nicole ^a   Amaral, David G ^a   Schumann, Cynthia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL COUNT; CELL POPULATION; CELL VOLUME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROGLIA; OLIGODENDROGLIA; STEREOLOGY; AGE; CYTOLOGY; GLIA; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICROSCOPY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AMYGDALA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; NEUROGLIA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84908144786     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110356     Document Type: Article

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