Morphology and classification of large neurons in the adult human dentate nucleus: A qualitative and quantitative analysis of 2D images

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Ristanović, Dušan ^a   Milošević, Nebojša T ^a   Stefanović, Bratislav D ^a   Marić, Dušica L ^b   Rajković, Katarina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Adult human; Cell classification; Dentate nucleus; Fractal analysis; Large neurons; Modified Sholl analysis; Morphometric parameters

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DENDRITIC CELL; DENTATE NUCLEUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOMATIC CELL;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS;

EID: 77952887183     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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