Biological clues on neuronal degeneration based on theoretical fits of decay patterns: Towards a mathematical neuropathology

Folia Neuropathologica

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-10

  Triarhou, Lazaros C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Cerebellum; Exponential decay; Linear regression; Mathematical models; Neurological mutations; Purkinje cell degeneration (pcd); Weaver (wv)

Indexed keywords

CELL GRANULE; CELL SURVIVAL; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MESENCEPHALON; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PURKINJE CELL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 77950795455     PISSN: 16414640     EISSN: 1509572X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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