STEREOLOGICAL CHALLENGES WHEN WORKING WITH HEART MUSCLE FIBRES

Annemarie Brüel

Abstract

This contribution is based on a series of studies, where stereological methods were applied to hearts from rats treated with growth hormone. A method to estimate the total number of cardiac myocytes is described and, furthermore, length estimates of heart muscle fibres are discussed.

Keywords
heart; length; myocytes; number

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DOI: 10.5566/ias.v29.p35-43

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