Spatial clustering analysis in neuroanatomy: Applications of different approaches to motor nerve fiber distribution

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 93-108

  Prodanov, Dimiter ^a,b,c,d,e   Nagelkerke, Nico ^b,d,e   Marani, Enrico ^a,b,d,e  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ImageJ; Nearest neighbor; Nerve topography; Point process; Quadrate count; Retrograde tracing; Spatial point pattern; Voronoi tessellation

Indexed keywords

FLUORO GOLD; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; INNERVATION; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; SURVIVAL; TOPOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROANATOMY; RATS; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; STILBAMIDINES;

EID: 33846280527     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2006.08.017     Document Type: Article

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