1Laboratory of Stochastic Stereology and Chemical Anatomy (LSSCA), Department of Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil.
2Division of Medicine, University College London Medical School, Royal Free Campus, London, UK.
*Correspondence to: Andrzej Loesch Division of Medicine University College London Medical School Royal Free Campus, Rowland Hill Street London NW3 2PF, England UK.
Online published on 14 December, 2011.
This is a short overview on synaptic coverage of the dendritic tree in the superior cervical ganglion of capybara based on the application of the electron-immunocytochemistry of synaptophysin combined with stereological tools. It is shown how to estimate the surface coverage of dendrites by postsynaptic apposition zones and how to perform a model-based stereological estimate of the numbers and sizes of synaptophysin-labelled axo-dendritic synaptic disks.
Synaptic coverage, dendrite, synaptophysin, SCG, capybara
