High-throughput Morphometric Analysis of Individual Neurons

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 543-554

  Wu, Chi Cheng ^a   Reilly, John F ^a   Young, Warren G ^a   Morrison, John H ^a,b   Bloom, Floyd E ^a,c  

^a Neurome Inc   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell morphology; DiOlistic; Photoconversion; Single cell resolution

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; GOLD; HELIUM; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SLICE; CELL LABELING; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DENDRITIC SPINE; FLUORESCENCE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; GOLD; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSPHERES; NEURONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 2342619567     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhh016     Document Type: Article

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