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Unbiased stereological estimation of the number of neurons in the human hippocampus by West, M J, Gundersen, H J

“…The total numbers of neurons in five subdivisions of human hippocampi were estimated using unbiased stereological principles and systematic sampling…”
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Corrigendum to “Neuron and neuroblast numbers and cytogenesis in the dentate gyrus of aged APPswe/PS1dE9transgenic mice: Effect of long-term treatment with paroxetine” [Neurobiol Dis. 2017; 104: 50–60] by Olesen, LØ., Sivasaravanaparan, M., Severino, M., Babcock, AA, Bouzinova, EV, West, MJ, Wiborg, O., Finsen, B.

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The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey. XIII. SBF Distance Catalog and the Three-dimensional Structure of the Virgo Cluster by Mei, Simona, Blakeslee, John P, Côté, Patrick, Tonry, John L, West, Michael J, Ferrarese, Laura, Jordán, Andrés, Peng, Eric W, Anthony, André, Merritt, David

“…The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey consists of HST ACS imaging for 100 early-type galaxies in the Virgo Cluster, observed in the F475W (-SDSS g) and F850LP (-SDSS z)…”
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Stereological methods for estimating the total number of neurons and synapses: issues of precision and bias by West, Mark J.

“…The emergence of a new generation of stereological techniques for counting objects in histological sections has prompted a debate about whether or not these…”
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The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey. XII. The Luminosity Function of Globular Clusters in Early-Type Galaxies by Jordán, Andrés, Mclaughlin, Dean E., Côté, Patrick, Ferrarese, Laura, Peng, Eric W., Mei, Simona, Villegas, Daniela, Merritt, David, Tonry, John L., West, Michael J.

“…We analyze the luminosity function of the globular clusters (GCs) belonging to the early-type galaxies observed in the ACS Virgo Cluster Survey. We have…”
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The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey. IX. The Color Distributions of Globular Cluster Systems in Early-Type Galaxies by Peng, Eric W, Jordán, Andrés, Côté, Patrick, Blakeslee, John P, Ferrarese, Laura, Mei, Simona, West, Michael J, Merritt, David, Milosavljević, Milos, Tonry, John L

“…We present the color distributions of globular cluster (GC) systems for 100 early-type galaxies observed in the ACS Virgo Cluster Survey, the deepest and most…”
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Estimators of the precision of stereological estimates: An example based on the CA1 pyramidal cell layer of rats by Slomianka, L., West, M.J.

“…Because of the complex and dynamic structure of the brain, there is perhaps no other organ system in which the application of stereological methods can…”
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A Fundamental Relation between Compact Stellar Nuclei, Supermassive Black Holes, and Their Host Galaxies by Ferrarese, Laura, Côté, Patrick, Dalla Bontà, Elena, Peng, Eric W, Merritt, David, Jordán, Andrés, Blakeslee, John P, Haşegan, Monica, Mei, Simona, Piatek, Slawomir, Tonry, John L, West, Michael J

“…Imaging surveys with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) have shown that -50%-80% of low- and intermediate-luminosity galaxies contain a compact stellar nucleus…”
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Social Interaction Shapes Babbling: Testing Parallels between Birdsong and Speech by Goldstein, Michael H., King, Andrew P., West, Meredith J.

“…Birdsong is considered a model of human speech development at behavioral and neural levels. Few direct tests of the proposed analogs exist, however. Here we…”
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Neuronal Hypertrophy in Asymptomatic Alzheimer Disease by Iacono, Diego, O'Brien, Richard, Resnick, Susan M, Zonderman, Alan B, Pletnikova, Olga, Rudow, Gay, An, Yang, West, Mark J, Crain, Barbara, Troncoso, Juan C

“…The pathologic changes of Alzheimer disease (AD) evolve very gradually over decades before the disease becomes clinically manifest. Thus, it is not uncommon to…”
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Hippocampal neurons in pre-clinical Alzheimer’s disease by West, Mark J, Kawas, Claudia H, Stewart, Walter F, Rudow, Gay L, Troncoso, Juan C

“…In a previous study of hippocampal neurons in aging and AD [Lancet 344 (1994) 769], we demonstrated that the loss of neurons in the CA1 region was…”
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A Comparison of Outcomes with Angiotensin-Converting–Enzyme Inhibitors and Diuretics for Hypertension in the Elderly by Wing, Lindon M.H, Reid, Christopher M, Ryan, Philip, Beilin, Lawrence J, Brown, Mark A, Jennings, Garry L.R, Johnston, Colin I, McNeil, John J, Macdonald, Graham J, Marley, John E, Morgan, Trefor O, West, Malcolm J

“…This prospective, open-label, randomized study compared the outcomes in hypertensive subjects 65 to 84 years of age who received therapy with…”
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The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey. X. Half-Light Radii of Globular Clusters in Early-Type Galaxies: Environmental Dependencies and a Standard Ruler for Distance Estimation by Jordán, Andrés, Côté, Patrick, Blakeslee, John P, Ferrarese, Laura, McLaughlin, Dean E, Mei, Simona, Peng, Eric W, Tonry, John L, Merritt, David, Milosavljević, Miloš, Sarazin, Craig L, Sivakoff, Gregory R, West, Michael J

“…We have measured half-light radii, r sub(h), for thousands of globular clusters (GCs) belonging to the 100 early-type galaxies observed in the ACS Virgo…”
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Decreased cell proliferation in the dentate gyrus does not associate with development of anhedonic-like symptoms in rats by Jayatissa, M.N, Henningsen, K, West, M.J, Wiborg, Ove

“…Abstract Depressive disorders have been proposed to be caused by stress-induced down-regulation of hippocampal neurogenesis. Nevertheless, several reports have…”
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The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey. VII. Resolving the Connection between Globular Clusters and Ultracompact Dwarf Galaxies by Haşegan, Monica, Jordán, Andrés, Côté, Patrick, Djorgovski, S. G, McLaughlin, Dean E, Blakeslee, John P, Mei, Simona, West, Michael J, Peng, Eric W, Ferrarese, Laura, Milosavljević, Miloš, Tonry, John L, Merritt, David

“…We investigate the connection between globular clusters and ultracompact dwarf galaxies (UCDs) by examining the properties of 10 compact, high-luminosity…”
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Cardiopulmonary exercise testing prior to myeloablative allo-SCT: a feasibility study by Kelsey, C R, Scott, J M, Lane, A, Schwitzer, E, West, M J, Thomas, S, Herndon II, J E, Michalski, M G, Horwitz, M E, Hennig, T, Jones, L W

“…The feasibility of symptom-limited cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) prior to allo-SCT was assessed in addition to the prognostic value of CPET-derived…”
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Estimating Travel Times of Coronal Mass Ejections to 1 AU Using Multi-spacecraft Coronagraph Data by Kilpua, E. K. J., Mierla, M., Rodriguez, L., Zhukov, A. N., Srivastava, N., West, M. J.

“…We study the relationship between the speeds of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) obtained close to the Sun and in the interplanetary medium during the low…”
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Electroconvulsive Seizures Induce Angiogenesis in Adult Rat Hippocampus by Hellsten, Johan, West, Mark J., Arvidsson, Andreas, Ekstrand, Joakim, Jansson, Linda, Wennström, Malin, Tingström, Anders

“…Electroconvulsive seizure (ECS)-treatment, a model for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been shown to induce proliferation of endothelial cells in the…”
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The ACS Fornax Cluster Survey. II. The Central Brightness Profiles of Early-Type Galaxies: A Characteristic Radius on Nuclear Scales and the Transition from Central Luminosity Deficit to Excess by Côté, Patrick, Ferrarese, Laura, Jordán, Andrés, Blakeslee, John P, Chen, Chin-Wei, Infante, Leopoldo, Merritt, David, Mei, Simona, Peng, Eric W, Tonry, John L, West, Andrew A, West, Michael J

“…We analyze brightness profiles for 143 early-type galaxies in the Virgo and Fornax Clusters, observed with the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the Hubble Space…”
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The XMM Cluster Survey: A Massive Galaxy Cluster at z = 1.45 by Stanford, S. A, Romer, A. Kathy, Sabirli, Kivanc, Davidson, Michael, Hilton, Matt, Viana, Pedro T. P, Collins, Chris A, Kay, Scott T, Liddle, Andrew R, Mann, Robert G, Miller, Christopher J, Nichol, Robert C, West, Michael J, Conselice, Christopher J, Spinrad, Hyron, Stern, Daniel, Bundy, Kevin

“…We report the discovery of XMMXCS J2215.9-1738, a massive galaxy cluster at z = 1.45, which was found in the XMM Cluster Survey. The cluster candidate was…”
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