Mathematical Modeling of Axonal Formation Part I: Geometry

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2837-2864

  Pearson, Yanthe E ^a   Castronovo, Emilio ^b   Lindsley, Tara A ^c   Drew, Donald A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Royal Bank of Scotland   (United States)

^c ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonogenesis; Coarse graining; Data smoothing; Parameter estimation; Stochastic model

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; GROWTH CONE; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; GROWTH CONES; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROGENESIS; RATS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 80855132944     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-011-9648-2     Document Type: Article

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