Comparative Stereology Studies of Brains from Marine Mammals

Neurostereology: Unbiased Stereology of Neural Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 99-112

  Eriksen, Nina ^a   Pakkenberg, Bente ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Brains; Cerebellum; Cetacean brain; Glial cells; Marine mammals; Neocortical neurons; Pinniped brain; Sirenian brain; Stereology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930505550     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118444177.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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