Localization of presynaptic inputs on dendrites of individually labeled neurons in three dimensional space using a center distance algorithm

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 129-143

  Ausdenmoore, Benjamin D ^a   Markwell, Zachary A ^a   Ladle, David R ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Dendrite; Image analysis; Matlab; Skeleton; Synapse localization; Tracing

Indexed keywords

MARKER;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CELL DENSITY; CELL LABELING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DENDRITE; ERROR; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; BIOTIN; DENDRITES; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SPINAL CORD; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 1;

EID: 80051587117     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.06.021     Document Type: Article

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