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Table 1 Experimental unbiased stereological parameters

From: Acupuncture attenuates cognitive deficits and increases pyramidal neuron number in hippocampal CA1 area of vascular dementia rats

Parameters

Pyramidal neuron

Astrocyte

Synaptic bouton

Counting frame size (μm2)

19.6 × 19.6

100 × 100

4 × 4

Sampling grid size (μm2)

80 × 80

200 × 200

120 × 160

Disector height (H, μm)

12

12

9

Mean final section thickness (T, μm)

21

21

21

ssf

6

6

6

asf

0.06

0.25

0.0008

tsf

0.57

0.57

0.43

  1. ssf, section sampling fraction; asf, area sampling fraction; tsf, thickness sampling fraction.