Semi-automated Sholl analysis for quantifying changes in growth and differentiation of neurons and glia

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-79

  Gensel, John C ^a   Schonberg, David L ^a   Alexander, Jessica K ^a   McTigue, Dana M ^a   Popovich, Phillip G ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BDNF; Dorsal root ganglion; Morphometric; Morphometry; Myelin; NGF; Oligodendrocyte progenitor; Regeneration; Sensory; Technique

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; THYROID HORMONE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SCREENING; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SHOLL TECHNIQUE; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CYTOLOGY; DEFICIENCY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; NEURITE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPINAL GANGLION; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; AUTOMATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURITES; NEURONS; OBSERVER VARIATION; OLIGODENDROGLIA; RATS; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE DESIGN; THYROID HORMONES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77953693730     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.04.026     Document Type: Article

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