A computational framework for ultrastructural mapping of neural circuitry

PLoS Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 0493-0512

  Anderson, James R ^a   Jones, Bryan W ^a   Yang, Jia Hui ^a   Shaw, Marguerite V ^a   Watt, Carl B ^a   Koshevoy, Pavel ^b,c   Spaltenstein, Joel ^c   Jurrus, Elizabeth ^c   Kannan, U ^c   Whitaker, Ross T ^c   Mastronarde, David ^d   Tasdizen, Tolga ^c,e   Marc, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Sorenson Media   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; FEMALE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; RETINA NERVE CELL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

METAZOA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; RABBITS; RETINAL NEURONS;

EID: 65949084476     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000074     Document Type: Article

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