Application of modified Sholl analysis to neuronal dendritic arborization of the cat spinal cord

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 212-218

  Ristanović, Dušan ^a   Milošević, Nebojša T ^a   Štulić, Vesna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Cat; Dorsal horn; Laminar organization; Morphometric parameters; Polynomial regression; Sholl analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL DENSITY; CELL SUBPOPULATION; DENDRITE; GOLGI COMPLEX; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHOLL ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 33750945095     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2006.05.030     Document Type: Article

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