Microglial activation in the injured and healthy brain: What are we really talking about? Practical and theoretical issues associated with the measurement of changes in microglial morphology

Neuroscience

Volumn 225, Issue , 2012, Pages 162-171

  Beynon, S B ^a,b   Walker, F R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Microglia; Morphology; Ramification; Reconstruction; Threshold

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; MICROGLIA; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; MICROGLIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84867235959     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.07.029     Document Type: Review

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