An ontological approach to describing neurons and their relationships

Frontiers in Neuroinformatics

Volumn 6, Issue APRIL 2012, 2012, Pages

  Hamilton, David J ^a   Shepherd, Gordon M ^b   Martone, Maryann E ^c   Ascoli, Giorgio A ^a  

^a George Mason University   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Characterization; Neuron; Ontology; Part; Property; Relationship; Type; Value

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL LINEAGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONNECTOME; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC SPINE; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HISTOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MACHINE LEARNING; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; MITRAL CELL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NOMENCLATURE; ONLINE SYSTEM; ONTOGENY; PERIKARYON; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REGISTER; SYNAPSE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84876040572     PISSN: 16625196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fninf.2012.00015     Document Type: Article

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