Semi-automated quantification of filopodial dynamics

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 165-173

  Costantino, Santiago ^a,b,c   Kent, Christopher B ^b   Godin, Antoine G ^a   Kennedy, Timothy E ^b   Wiseman, Paul W ^a   Fournier, Alyson E ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automated quantification fluorescence microscopy; Filopodia dynamics; Filopodia tracking; Growth cone dynamics; Image analysis; Single particle tracking

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROKYMOGRAPHY; FILOPODIUM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GROWTH CONE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CELL MOVEMENT; CHICK EMBRYO; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GANGLIA, SPINAL; NEURONS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PSEUDOPODIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 42749093347     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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