Automatic characterization and classification of ganglion cells from the salamander retina

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 404, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-51

  Costa, Luciano Da F ^b   Velte, Toby J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Clustering; Electrotonic; Modeling; Neuromorphology; Neuromorphometry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENDRITE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SALAMANDER;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; AUTOMATION; AXONAL TRANSPORT; COLORING AGENTS; DENDRITES; FRACTALS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 0033080787     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990201)404:1<33::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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