Semi-automated analysis of NMDA-mediated toxicity in digitised colour images from rat hippocampus

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 85-95

  Manahan Vaughan, Denise ^a   Behnisch, Gusalija ^b   Vieweg, Silvia ^a   Reymann, Klaus G ^b   Behnisch, Thomas ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Inst of Applied Neurosciences Ggmbh   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automated imaging processing; Excitoxicity; Hippocampus; Marr edge detection; Neuronal death; Neurotoxicity; NMDA; Pattern recognition; Staining

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CELL DENSITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGE PROCESSING; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0032126613     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(98)00042-9     Document Type: Article

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