Analysis of spatial patterns in histological sections of brain tissue

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 141-147

  Armstrong, R A ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clustering; Histological sections; Poisson distribution; Spatial pattern analysis; Variance mean ratio

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; HUMANS; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; NEUROSCIENCES;

EID: 0030908629     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(96)02221-2     Document Type: Article

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