Application of fractal analysis to neuronal dendritic arborisation patterns of the monkey dentate nucleus

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 425, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-27

  Milošević, Nebojša T ^a   Ristanović, Dušan ^a   Gudović, Radmila ^b   Rajković, Katarina ^a   Marić, Dušica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Cell types; Cerebellar cortex; Morphometric analysis; Neuronal classification; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; DENDRITE; DENTATE NUCLEUS; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; DENDRITES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; MACACA MULATTA; NEURONS; SILVER STAINING;

EID: 34548667956     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.08.009     Document Type: Article

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