A comparative computer simulation of dendritic morphology

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Donohue, Duncan E ^a   Ascoli, Giorgio A ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; NEURONS;

COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; DENDRITIC MORPHOLOGY; DIGITAL RECONSTRUCTION; MORPHOLOGICAL MEASURES; MORPHOMETRICS; MULTI-FACETED APPROACH; NEURONAL MORPHOLOGY; PROCESS FUNCTIONS; STOCHASTIC SAMPLING; STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIP;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENDRITIC CELL; GRANULE CELL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON;

ANIMALIA;

BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENDRITES; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE NET;

EID: 46249097724     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000089     Document Type: Article

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