Neurolucida Lucivid versus Neurolucida camera: A quantitative and qualitative comparison of three-dimensional neuronal reconstructions

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 209-214

  Anderson, Kaeley ^a   Yamamoto, Erin ^a   Kaplan, Joshua ^a   Hannan, Markus ^a   Jacobs, Bob ^a  

^a University of Colorado College of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrites; Neuromorphology; Reconstruction; Reliability; Spines; Tracing

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CAMERA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DIGITAL IMAGING; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROSCOPY; NEUROIMAGING; POLAROGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

COMPUTERS; DENDRITIC SPINES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY; PYRAMIDAL CELLS;

EID: 74149087193     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.11.024     Document Type: Article

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