Statistical morphological analysis of hippocampal principal neurons indicates cell-specific repulsion of dendrites from their own cell

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 173-187

  Samsonovich, Alexei V ^a   Ascoli, Giorgio A ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian optimization; Dendritic guidance; Hippocampal neurons; Morphometry; Tropism

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER MODEL; DENDRITE; DENTATE GYRUS; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL COUNT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENDRITES; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; STAINING AND LABELING; TROPISM;

EID: 0037438059     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10475     Document Type: Article

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