doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.1988.tb04582.x.
Total number of neurons and glial cells in human brain nuclei estimated by the disector and the fractionator
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Total number of neurons and glial cells in human brain nuclei estimated by the disector and the fractionator
J Microsc.
1988 Apr.
Abstract
Unbiased estimates of the total number of neurons and glial cells from central regions of grey matter in human brains are obtained using the disector principle in modifications which are unaffected by the histological processing of paraffin-embedded tissue. Section thickness does not enter into the estimator and need not be known. An analysis of the contributions from all sampling levels to the variance of the estimator of total cell number has been used to design an optimimal sampling scheme. Using this method, a precise and unbiased estimate of the total number of neurons in a defined brain region can be obtained in less than 1 h.
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