Sholl analysis: A quantitative comparison of semi-automated methods

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 225, Issue , 2014, Pages 65-70

  Binley, Kate E ^a   Ng, Wai S ^a   Tribble, James R ^a   Song, Bing ^a   Morgan, James E ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automated analysis; Dendritic pruning; Sholl analysis

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED ANALYSIS; DENDRITIC PRUNING; SHOLL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; NEURONS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84893767687     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2014.01.017     Document Type: Article

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