Box-counting analysis of microglia form in schizophrenia, alzheimer's disease and affective disorder

Fractals

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-107

  Karperien, A L ^a   Jelinek, H F ^a   Buchan, A M ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Fractal analysis; Human; Microglia; Morphology; Neuropathology; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

ALZHEIMERS DISEASE; BOX-COUNTING; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENT; HUMAN; MICROGLIA; MORPHOLOGICAL FORMS; NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

EID: 44849100214     PISSN: 0218348X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218348X08003880     Document Type: Article

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