Estimating total nephron number in the adult kidney using the physical disector/fractionator combination

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 886, Issue , 2012, Pages 333-350

  Cullen Mcewen, Luise A ^a   Douglas Denton, Rebecca N ^a   Bertram, John F ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disector; Glomerulus; Nephron number; Unbiased stereology

Indexed keywords

METHACRYLIC ACID;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; DISECTOR; FRACTIONATOR; GLOMERULUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMERSION; KIDNEY MASS; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY SIZE; MICROTOME; MOUSE; NEPHRON; NONHUMAN; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHEEP; STEREOLOGY; SWINE; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SECTION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; KIDNEY; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MICE; MICROSCOPY; NEPHRONS; RATS;

EID: 84922024196     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-851-1_30     Document Type: Article

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