The neuron classification problem

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-88

  Bota, Mihail ^a   Swanson, Larry W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuron classification; Ontology

Indexed keywords

CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR CLASSIFICATION; CEREBELLUM; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOARCHITECTURE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL CLASSIFICATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL SHAPE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DATABASES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; KNOWLEDGE BASES; NEUROANATOMY; NEURONS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 36049001150     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2007.05.005     Document Type: Review

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