Generating a model of the three-dimensional spatial distribution of neurons using density maps

NeuroImage

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1105-1115

  Cruz, Luis ^a,b   Urbanc, Brigita ^a,b   Inglis, Andrew ^a,b   Rosene, Douglas L ^a,b,c   Stanley, H E ^a,b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Correlation; Density map; Microcolumns; Minicolumns; Modeling; Neuronal organization; Primate brain

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN SLICE; CALCULATION; CELL DENSITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROCOLUMN; MODEL; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; MACACA MULATTA; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEURONS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 40849130661     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.12.042     Document Type: Article

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