Comparison of unbiased estimation of neuronal number in the rat hippocampus with different staining methods

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 254, Issue , 2015, Pages 73-79

  Zhu, Yongjin ^a   Liu, Fuxin ^a   Zou, Xunchang ^a   Torbey, Michel ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hippocampal neuron; Histological study; Stereological analysis; Unbiased estimation

Indexed keywords

CRESYL VIOLET; DYE; NEURON SPECIFIC NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BENZOXAZINE DERIVATIVE; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; COLORING AGENT; NERVE PROTEIN; NEUN PROTEIN, RAT;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL COUNT; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; STAINING; STEREOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; BENZOXAZINES; CELL COUNT; COLORING AGENTS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 84938850261     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2015.07.022     Document Type: Article

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