Automated quantification of synapses by fluorescence microscopy

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 144-149

  Schätzle, Philipp ^a   Wuttke, René ^a   Ziegler, Urs ^a   Sonderegger, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hippocampal culture; Immunocytochemistry; Synapse quantification; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DENDRITE; EMBRYO; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYNAPSE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEURONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNAPSES;

EID: 82355161288     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.11.010     Document Type: Article

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