Densitometric Quantification of Neuronal Viability by Computerized Image Analysis

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 281-287

  Andreoni, Giuseppe ^a,b   Angeretti, Nadia ^a   Lucca, Elisa ^a   Forloni, Gianluigi ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLORING AGENT; CRYSTAL VIOLET;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DENSITOMETRY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; COLORING AGENTS; DENSITOMETRY; GENTIAN VIOLET; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0031262255     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1997.6647     Document Type: Article

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