A novel technique to quantify glioma tumor invasion using serial microscopy sections

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 183-189

  Shastry Akella, N ^a   Ding, Qiang ^b   Menegazzo, Ingrid ^b,c   Wang, Wenquan ^d   Yancey Gillespie, G ^e   Robert Grammer, J ^b   Gladson, Candece L ^b   Nabors, L Burton ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c and Radiation Oncology   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models; Glioblastoma; Glioma; Invasion; Mathematical models; Serial microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CANCER INVASION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANIMALS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLIOMA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33646256312     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2005.10.026     Document Type: Article

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