Quantitative Methods in Neuroscience - A Neuroanatomical Approach

Zusatztext The book is a practical tool for the increasingly large number of neuroscientists who require specific stereological techniques. It is both informative and valuable, in that it suggests appropriate methods and statistical treatments for resolving particular types of stereological problems. Klappentext Stereology is a valuable tool for scientists, allowing them to make accurate 3-D reconstructions of the brain from 2-D data - using unbiased data. 'Quantitative methods in neuroscience' is a cookbook of stereological methods - the first ever written for neuroscientists. It provides clear and accessible advice about how and when to use stereological techniques. The book will be a valuable introduction to these methods for neuroscientists, and all those involved indevelopment of new drug programmes.An all-in-one guide to stereological techniques Zusammenfassung Stereology is a valuable tool for scientists, allowing them to make accurate 3-D reconstructions of the brain from 2-D data - using unbiased data. This cookbook of stereological methods provides advice about how and when to use stereological techniques. It is aimed at neuroscientists, and all those involved in development of new drug programmes.

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• Authors: Stephen M. Evans, Stephen M. Janson Evans
• Assisted by: Stephen M Evans (Editor), Stephen M. Evans (Editor), Ann Marie Janson (Editor), Janson Ann Marie (Editor), Jens Randel Nyengaard (Editor), Nyengaard Jens Randel (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2004
• EAN: 9780198505280
• ISBN: 978-0-19-850528-0
• No. of pages: 350
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience, MEDICAL / Diagnostic Imaging / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Neuropsychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Physiological Psychology, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Neurosciences, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Medical imaging