Assessment and comparison of neural morphology through metrical feature extraction and analysis in neuron and neuron-glia cultures

Journal of Biological Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 447-464

  Billeci, L ^a   Pioggia, G ^b   Vaglini, F ^a   Ahluwalia, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glia; Morphological analysis; Neuron branching organization; Purkinje cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL STRUCTURE; DENDRITE; GLIA CELL; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

MUS;

EID: 70349453910     PISSN: 00920606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10867-009-9150-3     Document Type: Article

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