Abstract
Field profile areas (FPA) of 100 neurons in the anterior dorsal (ADN) and reticular (RN) nuclei of the thalamus in the left and right hemispheres of the brains of five women aged 19–33 years were studied using sections of thickness 20 μm stained with Nissl cresyl violet. A morphometric method utilizing the programmable Image Scope Color system (Germany) and a Leica DM 2500 microscope were used. Data were analyzed on Statistica 6.0 to run the Wilcoxon test for paired comparisons. Greater variability in maximum neuron FPA was seen in the right hemisphere in both nuclei. Mean FPA was greater in the RN than the ADN, and this was more marked in the left hemisphere in all the women. Variability in means was greater in RN than the ADN, though values were larger in the right hemisphere than the left. Variability in neuron FPA was greater than interhemisphere asymmetry.
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