The impact of recent stereological advances on quantitative studies of the nervous system.

Abstract:

:The usefulness of a number of new stereological principles for unbiased estimation of particle number and sizes and sampling of particles is illustrated together with a novel principle for unbiased estimation of anisotropic surfaces. The examples include descriptions of estimators of neurone and synapse number and sizes, synapse gradients, neurone point patterns in three-dimensional space, capillary surface area, and perikarya volumes. A major advantage of the methods is the possibility to carry out the estimation procedures in specified, well-characterized regions or layers of the brain. Some general statistical and stereological problems are briefly discussed.

journal_name

J Neurosci Methods

authors

Braendgaard H,Gundersen HJ

doi

10.1016/0165-0270(86)90112-3

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1986-10-01 00:00:00

pages

39-78

issue

1-2

eissn

0165-0270

issn

1872-678X

pii

0165-0270(86)90112-3

journal_volume

18

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