MorphML: Level 1 of the NeuroML standards for neuronal morphology data and model specification

Neuroinformatics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 96-104

  Crook, Sharon ^a   Gleeson, Padraig ^b   Howell, Fred ^c   Svitak, Joseph ^d   Silver, R Angus ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

MorphML; Neuroanatomical data; Neurolucida; NeuroML; Neuronal digitization; Neuronal morphology; Neuroscience standards

Indexed keywords

CELL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROANATOMY; NEURONS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 34147178884     PISSN: 15392791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12021-007-0003-6     Document Type: Review

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