On the fractal nature of nervous cell system

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn , Issue JULY, 2011, Pages

  Losa, Gabriele Angelo ^a,b   Di Ieva, Antonio ^b,c,d,e   Grizzi, Fabio ^b,e   De Vico, Gionata ^b,f  

^a Institute of Scientific Interdisciplinary Studies   (Switzerland)

^b Virtual Fractal Lab   (Canada)

^c Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GEOMETRY; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THICK TUFTED LAYER V PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL;

EID: 84862996207     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2011.00045     Document Type: Article

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