INDIRECT MEASURES OF NEUROPROTECTION ARE PARAMETERS TO AVOID: EXAMPLES FROM RESEARCH ON NEONATAL RAT HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA

The use of indirect measures of neuronal injury or neuroprotection, such as brain weight or the neuronal density of neurons, can lead to misinterpretations of biological processes. The use of modern stereological methods to directly measure the absolute number of surviving neurons generally yields m...

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Main Author: Dorothy E Oorschot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Slovenian Society for Stereology and Quantitative Image Analysis 2011-03-01
Series:Image Analysis and Stereology
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Online Access:http://www.ias-iss.org/ojs/IAS/article/view/18
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description The use of indirect measures of neuronal injury or neuroprotection, such as brain weight or the neuronal density of neurons, can lead to misinterpretations of biological processes. The use of modern stereological methods to directly measure the absolute number of surviving neurons generally yields more reliable conclusions. The aim of this review is to provide some worked examples of this principle. The worked examples are obtained from research completed over the past 13 years on the investigation of potential neuroprotective therapies for moderate brain injury after neonatal hypoxia-ischemia in the rat.
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spelling doaj.art-5fbd1808361c48afa37545f1bd7ed2472022-12-21T18:26:39ZengSlovenian Society for Stereology and Quantitative Image AnalysisImage Analysis and Stereology1580-31391854-51652011-03-013011910.5566/ias.v30.p1-96INDIRECT MEASURES OF NEUROPROTECTION ARE PARAMETERS TO AVOID: EXAMPLES FROM RESEARCH ON NEONATAL RAT HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIADorothy E OorschotThe use of indirect measures of neuronal injury or neuroprotection, such as brain weight or the neuronal density of neurons, can lead to misinterpretations of biological processes. The use of modern stereological methods to directly measure the absolute number of surviving neurons generally yields more reliable conclusions. The aim of this review is to provide some worked examples of this principle. The worked examples are obtained from research completed over the past 13 years on the investigation of potential neuroprotective therapies for moderate brain injury after neonatal hypoxia-ischemia in the rat.http://www.ias-iss.org/ojs/IAS/article/view/18absolute neuronal numberbrain weightCavalieri’s methodneuronal densityoptical disectorstereology
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INDIRECT MEASURES OF NEUROPROTECTION ARE PARAMETERS TO AVOID: EXAMPLES FROM RESEARCH ON NEONATAL RAT HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA
Image Analysis and Stereology
absolute neuronal number
brain weight
Cavalieri’s method
neuronal density
optical disector
stereology
title INDIRECT MEASURES OF NEUROPROTECTION ARE PARAMETERS TO AVOID: EXAMPLES FROM RESEARCH ON NEONATAL RAT HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA
title_full INDIRECT MEASURES OF NEUROPROTECTION ARE PARAMETERS TO AVOID: EXAMPLES FROM RESEARCH ON NEONATAL RAT HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA
title_fullStr INDIRECT MEASURES OF NEUROPROTECTION ARE PARAMETERS TO AVOID: EXAMPLES FROM RESEARCH ON NEONATAL RAT HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA
title_full_unstemmed INDIRECT MEASURES OF NEUROPROTECTION ARE PARAMETERS TO AVOID: EXAMPLES FROM RESEARCH ON NEONATAL RAT HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA
title_short INDIRECT MEASURES OF NEUROPROTECTION ARE PARAMETERS TO AVOID: EXAMPLES FROM RESEARCH ON NEONATAL RAT HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA
title_sort indirect measures of neuroprotection are parameters to avoid examples from research on neonatal rat hypoxia ischemia
topic absolute neuronal number
brain weight
Cavalieri’s method
neuronal density
optical disector
stereology
url http://www.ias-iss.org/ojs/IAS/article/view/18
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