Fractal patterns for dendrites and axon terminals

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 232, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 51-60

  Alves, Sidiney G ^a   Martins, Marcelo L ^a   Fernandes, Paula A ^b   Pittella, José E H ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; FRACTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY;

AXONS; DENDRITES; DIFFUSION LIMITED AGGREGATION MODEL (DLA); FRACTAL DIMENSIONS; NEURITE OUTGROWTH; NEURONAL SHAPES; PURKINJE CELLS;

CELLS;

EID: 0030258790     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-4371(96)00139-2     Document Type: Article

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