Numerical metrics for automated quantification of interstitial cell of Cajal network structural properties

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 10, Issue 86, 2013, Pages

  Gao, Jerry ^a   Du, Peng ^a   O'Grady, Greg ^a,b   Archer, Rosalind ^b   Farrugia, Gianrico ^c   Gibbons, Simon J ^c   Cheng, Leo K ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Maturation; Post natal; Pruning; Remodelling

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

ELECTRICAL SIGNAL; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; INTERSTITIAL CELLS OF CAJAL; MATURATION; POST-NATAL; PRUNING; REMODELLING; STRUCTURAL CHANGE;

COMPLEX NETWORKS;

SEROTONIN 2B RECEPTOR; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; SEROTONIN 2 RECEPTOR; TMEM16A PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL MATURATION; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; MATURATION; METHODOLOGY; POST-NATAL; PRUNING; REMODELLING;

ANIMALS; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERSTITIAL CELLS OF CAJAL; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; MATURATION; POST-NATAL; PRUNING; REMODELLING;

EID: 84880831128     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2013.0421     Document Type: Article

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