Analysis of cerebral microvascular architecture - Application to cortical and subcortical vessels in rat brain

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 81-87

  Lu, Mei ^a   Zhang, Zheng Gang ^b   Chopp, Michael ^b,c  

^a Henry Ford Hlth Syst One Ford P ^*  (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Correlated data; Generalized Estimation Equations (GEE); Paired test; Permutation test; Vascular morphology

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MICROCIRCULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULARIZATION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 7744236783     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2004.03.011     Document Type: Article

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