Estimation of the numerical density of synapses in rat neocortex. Comparison of the 'disector' with an 'unfolding' method.

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  1988

• Venue

  Journal of Neuroscience Methods

• Publication date

  1988-04-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Mathematics

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  DOI 10.1016/0165-0270(88)90003-9PMID 3367656
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