Stereological estimation of the total number of ECL cells and related parameters using the smooth, vertical fractionator in the rat oxyntic mucosa

During the last 10 years many attempts have been made to estimate the number of enterochromaffin‐like (ECL) cells in various animal studies. This is the first presentation of an unbiased stereological estimator of the total number of histamine‐positive ECL cells per rat and linked to estimators of related parameters: total volume of the oxyntic mucosa, total oxyntic mucosal surface area, total oxyntic serosal surface area, surface amplification factor, average thickness of the oxyntic mucosa, total and mean volume of the ECL cells, total number of oxyntic glands and pits, mean number of ECL cells per gland, and mean number of ECL cells and glands per oxyntic serosal surface area.

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