Automated three-dimensional detection and counting of neuron somata

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 147-160

  Oberlaender, Marcel ^a   Dercksen, Vincent J ^b   Egger, Robert ^a   Gensel, Maria ^b   Sakmann, Bert ^a   Hege, Hans Christian ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ZUSE INSTITUTE BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ca2+ sensitive dye; GAD67; NeuN; Neuron counting; Neuron density; Two photon; Widefield

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CELL COUNT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STAINING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WATERSHED;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOFTWARE; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 67349153809     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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