Light microscopic image analysis system to quantify immunoreactive terminal area apposed to nerve cells

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-96

  Wu, L C ^a   D'Amelio, F ^a,b   Fox, R A ^a   Polyakov, I ^b   Daunton, N G ^b  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

FFT; GABA; Image analysis; Light microscopy; NIH image; Quantative immunocytochemistry; Somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE NEUROSCIENCE; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANIMALS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HINDLIMB; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROCOMPUTERS; MICROSCOPY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOFTWARE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0030950376     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(97)02266-8     Document Type: Article

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