Voronoi-based spatial analysis reveals selective interneuron changes in the cortex of FALS mice

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-86

  Minciacchi, Diego ^a   Kassa, Roman M ^b   Del Tongo, Claudia ^a   Mariotti, Raffaella ^b   Bentivoglio, Marina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Cell aggregation; Cortical plasticity; GABA; Motoneuron disease; Motor cortex; Parvalbumin; Somatosensory cortex; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; PARVALBUMIN;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL COUNT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR CORTEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VISUAL CORTEX; VORONOI BASED SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE;

AGE FACTORS; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PARVALBUMINS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 57449092655     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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