Stereological estimation of dendritic coverage in the capybara SCG
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This is a short overview on synaptic coverage of the dendritic tree in the superior cervical ganglion of capybara based on the application of the electronimmunocytochemistry of synaptophysin combined with stereological tools. It is shown how to estimate the surface coverage of dendrites by postsynaptic apposition zones and how to perform a model-based stereological estimate of the numbers and sizes of synaptophysin-labelled axo-dendritic synaptic disks.
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Stereological and allometric studies on neurons and axo-dendritic synapses in superior cervical ganglia.
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