This volume discusses the latest advancements used in various stereological methods to study different neural structures. The chapters in this book cover topics such as microglia measurements, estimation of axonal length, morphological analysis of large nuclei such as the human caudate nucleus, assessments of tissue damage after spinal cord injury in rodents, and the application of automatic stereological methods and artificial intelligence to neural tissue. In the Neuromethods series style, chapters include the kind of detail and key advice from the specialists needed to get successful results in your laboratory.

Cutting-edge and comprehensive, Advances in Stereology for Neuroscience is a valuable resource for researchers who are interested in learning more about this important and developing field.

Includes cutting-edge methods and protocols Provides step-by-step detail essential for reproducible results Contains key notes and implementation advice from the experts

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Isotropic Virtual Planes for Measuring Axonal Length: Population and Single Neuron Approaches in Mice and Human Brain.- Length Measurement of Cholinergic Innervation in the Tunica Albuginea of Rat Testis.- Stereological Approaches to Microglia Morphometry.- Stereology of the Human Caudate Nucleus.- Stereological Evaluation of Tissue Preservation after Neuroprotective Treatments for Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury.- Block Advance Causes Substantial Error in Stereology Estimates of Cavalieri Volume and Disector-Based Cell Counts.- VolumesJ: A New Method and Tool for Volumetric Estimation of Brain Structures after Serial Sectioning.- Comparison of Methods for Counting Neurons and Neuron Profiles in Brain Sections.- Applications of Automatic Unbiased Stereology to Neural Tissue.