Objective To review the basic scientific status of repair in articular cartilage tissue and to
assess the efficiency of current clinical therapies instigated for the treatment of structural …

Abstract In 1977, Mason and Williams developed the concept of the alveolar epithelial type II
(AE2) cell as a defender of the alveolus. It is well known that AE2 cells synthesise, secrete …

Three‐dimensional (3‐D) structural parameters derived from lower‐dimensional
measurements using indirect morphometric methods may be strongly biased if the …

Programmed cell death (apoptosis) occurs during normal development of the central
nervous system. However, the mechanisms that determine which neurons will succumb to …

Stereological studies are more and more frequent in literature, particularly in the
development/evolution, pathology, and neurosciences areas. The stereology challenge is to …

The issue of whether or not neurons die with age is of fundamental importance for
understanding senescent decline in motor, sensory, and cognitive functions. Yet after over …

Objective Data pertaining to the quantitative structural features and organization of normal
articular cartilage are of great importance in understanding its biomechanical properties and …

The emergence of a new generation of stereological techniques for counting objects in
histological sections has prompted a debate about whether or not these methods are better …

Quantitative morphology of the CNS has recently undergone major developments. In
particular, several new approaches, known as design-based stereologic methods, have …

Astrogliosis has a very dynamic response during the progression of spinal cord injury, with
beneficial or detrimental effects on recovery. It is therefore important to develop strategies to …