A simple procedure for morphometric analysis of processes and growth cones of neurons in culture using parameters derived from the contour and convex hull of the object

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-64

  Kawa, A ^a   Stahlhut, M ^a   Berezin, A ^a   Bock, E ^a   Berezin, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Convex hull; Image analysis; Morphometry; Neuronal cell culture

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DENDRITE; GRANULE CELL; GROWTH CONE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLUM; EMBRYO; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROBLASTOMA; RATS; SPINAL CORD; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0032583796     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(97)00165-9     Document Type: Article

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