Identifying, tabulating, and analyzing contacts between branched neuron morphologies

IBM Journal of Research and Development

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 43-56

  Kozloski, James ^a   Sfyrakis, Konstantinos ^b   Hill, Sean ^c   Schürmann, Felix ^b   Peck, Charles ^a   Markram, Henry ^b  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Brain Mind Institute   (Switzerland)

^c IBM RESEARCH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE PROCESSING; NEURONS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGRAM PROCESSORS;

ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE; NEURAL MICROCIRCUITRY;

SUPERCOMPUTERS;

EID: 40749122108     PISSN: 00188646     EISSN: 00188646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/rd.521.0043     Document Type: Article

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