Distinction of neurons, glia and endothelial cells in the cerebral cortex: An algorithm based on cytological features

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn 10, Issue NOV, 2016, Pages

  García Cabezas, Miguel Á ^a   John, Yohan J ^a   Barbas, Helen ^a   Zikopoulos, Basilis ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Heterochromatin; Human; Microglia; Monkey; Nucleus; Oligodendrocytes; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GLIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROGLIA; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; RELIABILITY;

EID: 84995563209     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2016.00107     Document Type: Article

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