Space Balls Revisited: Stereological Estimates of Length With Virtual Isotropic Surface Probes

The space ball probe was fully described in the literature 15 years ago by Mouton et al. (2002). Since then, it has been used in a number of studies in the nervous system that focus on axon, dendrite, and capillary length. The length of structural parameters in tissues reflect functional aspects of...

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Main Author: Mark J. West
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnana.2018.00049/full