Quantifying neuronal size: Summing up trees and splitting the branch difference

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 485-493

  Brown, Kerry M ^a   Gillette, Todd A ^a   Ascoli, Giorgio A ^a  

^a George Mason University   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Caulescence; Morphology; Neuronal function; Neuronal modeling

Indexed keywords

CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MATURATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 54549100134     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2008.08.005     Document Type: Review

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