Semi-automated atlas-based analysis of brain histological sections

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-19

  Kopec, Charles D ^a   Bowers, Amanda C ^a   Pai, Shraddha ^b   Brody, Carlos D ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis; Arc; Atlas; Cell counting; Histology; IEG; Mapping; Software

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 79951551784     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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