Quantitative Neuroanatomy in Transmitter Research

Session I: Morphometrical and Microdensitometrical Studies on Nontransmitter-Identified Neurons.- Quantitative Analysis of Three-dimensional Structures in Neuroanatomy.- Estimating Particle Number and Size.- Tasks in Computer-assisted Neuroanatomy: Data Acquisition, Imaging and Database.- Population Characteristics of Nerve Cell Bodies Illustrated by the Postnatal Development of Cerebellar Granule Cells in the Rat.- Laminar Specificity of Dendritic Morphology: Examples from the Guinea Pig Hippocampal Region.- Studies of Local Blood Flow and Glucose Utilization in Brain by Computer Assisted Autoradiography.- Session II: Morphometry and Microdensitometry of Transmitter-Identified Neurons.- Morphometrical and Microdensitometrical Studies on Monoaminergic and Peptidergic Neurons in the Aging Brain.- Three-dimensional Computer Reconstructions of Catecholaminergic Neuronal Populations in Man.- Topographic Distribution of Catecholaminergic Neurons in the Rat Medulla Oblongata Using Quantitative Three-dimensional Reconstruction.- Effects of Chronic GM1 Ganglioside Treatment on Nigral Dopamine Cell Bodies and Dendrites in Experimental Rats Using Image Analysis¿Relationship to the Pharmacokinetic Properties.- Development of Quantitative Methods for the Evaluation of the Entity of Coexistence of Neuroactive Substances in Nerve Terminal Populations in Discrete Areas of the Central Nervous System: Evidence for Hormonal Regulation of Cotransmission.- Principles for the Construction of the Software for Image Analysis of Transmitter-identified Neurons.- Image Understanding and the Cell World Model.- Quantitative Studies of Rodent and Primate Neocortex: Central Monoamine and Peptide Neurons.- Image Analysis of Catecholamine Fluorescence and Immunofluorescence in Studies on Blood Vessel Innervation.- Image Analysis of Transmitter Identified Neurons Using the IBAS System.- Image Analysis of Neuronal and Glial Markers: Fluorescence Microscopical Applications.- Session III: Quantitative Immunocytochemistry and Amine Fluorescence Histochemistry.- The Use of Quantitative Immunocytochemistry to Study the Regulation of Tyrosine Hydroxylase in Noradrenergic and Dopaminergic Neural Systems.- Quantitative Cytochemical Studies on Catecholaminergic and Peptidergic Nerve Terminals.- Quantitation of Nerve Terminal Networks of Transmitter-identified Neurons after Selective Neurotoxic Lesions.- Cytofluorimetric Scanning: A Quantitative Method to Study Axonal Transport.- Quantitative Microfluorimetry and Semiquantitative Immunocytochemistry as Tools in the Analysis of Transmitter Identified Neurons.- Session IV: Quantitative Receptor and 2-Deoxyglucose.- Quantitative Autoradiographic Localization of Dopamine Receptors and Uptake Sites in the Rat and Human CNS.- The Use of Quantitative Autoradiographic Techniques on the Study of Drug Action in the Brain: Receptor Autoradiography and 2-Deoxyglucose Technique.- Quantitative Autoradiography as a Tool to Study Receptors in Neural Tissue. Studies on 3H-Oubain Binding Sites and Correlation with Synaptic Protein Phosphorylation in Different Brain Areas.- Quantitative Autoradiography of Drug Binding Sites: Methodological Considerations.- Recent Advances in the Visualization and Quantification of Benzodiazepine Receptors.