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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 26.
Published in final edited form as: Hippocampus. 2010 Apr;20(4):10.1002/hipo.20648. doi: 10.1002/hipo.20648

TABLE 1.

Fixed Parameters that Describe the Dimensions of the Disector Samples

Granular layer DG hilus CA2/3 CA1 Subiculum
ssf 1/12 1/12 1/12 1/12 1/12
asf: a(frame)/grid(x, y step) (µm2)
  a(frame) (µm2) 7×7 35 × 35 13 × 13 15 × 15 25 × 25
  grid(x, y step) (µm2) 220 × 220 220 × 220 220 × 220 220 × 220 350 × 350
h/ta
  disect. Ht., h, (µm) 10 10 10 10 10
a

Section thickness, t, varies with each counting frame and is determined during the process of counting.