Table 1.

Details of the stereologic analysis procedures

			∑P
	Obj. 1	sla-x, sla-y [μm]	OGL	ML	IGL	WM	Total
Volumes	1.25×	500	9.681	13.839	25.152	9.100	57.772
	Obj. 2	sln-x, sln-y [μm]	a [μm2]	h [μm]	d [μm]	∑OD	∑N	t [μm]	CEpred.[n]
GCs	20×	1,700	10	10	4	224	699	8.8	0.038
PCs	20×	500	60	60	4	394	466	12.9	0.046

OGL outer granular cell layer, ML molecular layer, IGL inner granular cell layer, WM white matter, Obj. 1 objective used for delineating the regions of interest and point counting, sla-x and sla-y, distance between the points used for volume estimates in mutually orthogonal directions x and y, ∑P average number of points counted, GCs granule cells, PCs Purkinje cells, Obj. 2 objective used for counting neurons, sln-x and sln-y distance between the unbiased virtual counting spaces used for counting neurons in mutually orthogonal directions x and y; a and h base and height of the unbiased virtual counting spaces, d depth within the section at which the unbiased virtual counting spaces were placed, ∑OD average number of unbiased virtual counting spaces used, ∑N average number of neurons counted, t measured actual average section thickness of the sections after histological processing, CE _pred. [n] average predicted coefficient of error of the estimated total neuron numbers using the prediction method described by [44]