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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Dec 23.
Published in final edited form as: J Chem Neuroanat. 2015 Jul 30;68:61–76. doi: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2015.07.007

Table 1.

Stereological parameters cortex cortical neuron and glial counts. AC, anterior cingulate cortex; OC, occipital cortex.

Common name Species name Counting frame size (μm) Sampling grid size (μm) Cut thickness (μm) Average mounted thickness (μm) Vertical guard zones (top and bottom, percentage) Section interval Number of sampling sites Average CE (Gundersen, M = 0) Average CE (Gundersen, M = 1)
AC OC AC OC AC OC AC OC AC OC
Neurons Glia Neurons Glia Neurons Glia Neurons Glia
Domestic pig Sus scrofa 80 × 80 1050 × 1050 50 50 11.8 11.7 0.01 2 112 43 0.08 0.06 0.14 0.15 0.07 0.03 0.10 0.05
Nubian ibex Capra nubiana 80 × 80 1050 × 1050 50 50 10.1 9.3 0.01 2 116 56 0.14 0.04 0.14 0.11 0.08 0.04 0.10 0.05
Springbok Antidorcas marsupialis 80 × 80 1050 × 1050 50 50 7.7 7.9 0.01 2 81 108 0.10 0.07 0.08 0.06 0.08 0.04 0.07 0.03
Arabian oryx Oryx leucoryx 80 × 80 1050 × 1050 50 50 11.2 9.4 0.01 2 82 81 0.11 0.09 0.15 0.10 0.09 0.04 0.09 0.04
Blue wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus 80 × 80 1050 × 1050 50 50 9.7 8.9 0.01 2 121 116 0.08 0.07 0.08 0.06 0.05 0.03 0.05 0.03
African buffalo Syncerus caffer 80 × 80 1050 × 1050 50 50 12.1 11.5 0.01 2 130 95 0.10 0.08 0.11 0.06 0.07 0.03 0.08 0.03
Dromedary camel Camelus dromedarius 80 × 80 1050 × 1050 50 50 12.4 7.8 0.01 2 57 54 0.20 0.15 0.17 0.12 0.11 0.05 0.11 0.05
Nyala Tragelaphus angasii 80 × 80 1050 × 1050 50 50 8.3 9.0 0.01 2 99 82 0.11 0.07 0.09 0.08 0.08 0.04 0.09 0.03
River hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius 80 × 80 1050 × 1050 50 50 8.3 9.0 0.01 2 135 121 0.12 0.09 0.12 0.09 0.09 0.03 0.09 0.09
Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis 80 × 80 1050 × 1050 50 50 12.1 10.4 0.01 2 86 122 0.11 0.12 0.14 0.10 0.07 0.04 0.06 0.04
Harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena 80 × 80 1050 × 1050 50 50 8.4 10.6 0.01 2 153 137 0.09 0.07 0.09 0.07 0.06 0.03 0.06 0.03
Minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostratus 80 × 80 1050 × 1050 50 50 11.6 11.1 0.01 2 139 163 0.14 0.09 0.09 0.11 0.09 0.03 0.07 0.03