Automated characterization of nerve fibers labeled fluorescently: Determination of size, class and spatial distribution

Brain Research

Volumn 1233, Issue , 2008, Pages 35-50

  Prodanov, Dimiter ^a,c   Feirabend, Hans K P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c IMEC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fluoro Gold; ImageJ; Mathematical morphology; Motor neuron; Myelinated axon topography; Regression tree

Indexed keywords

FLUOROGOLD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURVIVAL TIME;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; STAINING AND LABELING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIBIAL NERVE;

RATTUS;

EID: 51449104794     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.07.049     Document Type: Article

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