Knowing What Counts: Unbiased Stereology in the Non-human Primate BrainMark Burke 1, Shahin Zangenehpour 2, Peter R. Mouton 3, Maurice Ptito 2
1Department of Physiology, University of Montreal, 2Ecole d’optometrie, University of Montreal, 3Stereology Resource Center
The anatomical organization of the primate brain can provide important insights into normal and pathological conditions in humans. Unbiased stereology is a method for accurately and efficiently estimating the total neuron number (or other cell type) in a given reference space1.