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Title

Quantitative methods in neuroscience : a neuroanatomical approach / edited by Stephen M. Evans, Ann Marie Janson, and Jens Randel Nyengaard.

Publication

New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

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Additional Authors

• Evans, Stephen M.
• Janson, Ann Marie.
• Nyengaard, Jens Randel.

Description

xii, 327 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"Quantitative Methods in Neuroscience is a cookbook of stereological methods written especially for neuroscientists. It provides clear and accessible advice about when and when not to use stereology. Throughout the book, the emphasis is on practical guidance, rather than discussions and formulae. Written by leading scientists in the field of stereology, with a Foreword by D.C. Sterio, the book will be a valuable introduction to these methods for neuroscientists, and all those involved in development of new drug programmes."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship
• Stereology
• Neurosciences > methods
• Neuroanatomy > methods
• Research Design

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Foreword / D. C. Sterio -- 1. General introduction / Stephen M. Evans and Jens R. Nyengaard -- 2. A case study from neuroscience involving stereology and multivariate analysis / Luis M. Cruz-Orive, Ana M. Insausti, Ricardo Insausti and Damaso Crespo -- 3. Section introduction / Stephen M. Evans and Jens R. Nyengaard -- 4. The use of fluorescent probes in cell counting procedures / Daniel A. Peterson -- 5. Counting in situ hybridized neurons / Bente Finsen, Rikke Gregersen, Elin Lehrmann, Steen Lovmand and Mark J. West -- 6. Number in electron microscopy : estimation of total number of synapses in the main regions of human neocortex / Jens R. Nyengaard, Karl-Anton Dorph-Petersen and Yong Tang -- 7. The number of microvessels estimated by an unbiased stereological method applied in a brain region / Annemette Lokkegaard -- 8. Section introduction / Jens R. Nyengaard and Stephen M. Evans -- 9. The nucleator and the planar and optical rotators applied in rat dorsal root ganglia / Trine Tandrup -- 10. Estimation of number and volume of immunohistochemically stained neurons in complex brain regions / Karl-Anton Dorph-Petersen, Raben Rosenberg and Jens R. Nyengaard -- 11. Section introduction / Stephen M. Evans and Jens R. Nyengaard -- 12. Length estimation of nerve fibers in human white matter using isotropic uniformly random sections / Yong Tang and Jens R. Nyengaard -- 13. Virtual test systems for estimation of orientation-dependent parameters in thick, arbitrary oriented sections exemplified by length quantification of regenerating axons in spinal cord lesions using isotropic, virtual planes / Jytte Overgaard Larsen, Mia von Euler and AnnMarie Janson -- 14. Spatial distribution / Stephen M. Evans -- 15. Unbiased morphometrical techniques for the quantitative assessment of cells in primary dissociation cultures / Hannsjorg Schroder, Jens R. Nyengaard, W. Selberis, E. Lain, A. Keller, Christoph Kohler and Brigitte Witter -- Glossary / Jens R. Nyengaard.

ISBN

0198505280 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2004302826

OCLC

• ocm56593402
• SCSB-5100683

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries