Quantitation of neurite growth parameters in explant cultures using a new image processing program

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-131

  Shah, Amit ^a   Fischer, Charles ^c   Knapp, Charles F ^a   Sisken, Betty F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Zedec Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal root ganglia; Image analysis program; Nerve growth factor; Neurite outgrowth; Neuronal explant

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMBRYO; EXPLANT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROSCOPY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPINAL GANGLION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GROWTH CONES; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEURITES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 2942590533     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2004.01.010     Document Type: Article

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