Automated imaging system for fast quantitation of neurons, cell morphology and neurite morphometry in vivo and in vitro

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 54, Issue , 2013, Pages 158-168

  Tapias, Victor ^a   Greenamyre, J Timothy ^a,b   Watkins, Simon C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Morphology; Neurites; Neurodegeneration; Neuron; Neuroprotection; Neurotoxicity; Quantification; Rotenone

Indexed keywords

ROTENONE;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL COUNT; CELL LOSS; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; STEREOLOGY; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEURITES; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; ROTENONE; UNCOUPLING AGENTS;

EID: 84876338056     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: 1095953X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2012.11.018     Document Type: Article

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