Automatic counting and positioning of 5-bromo-2-deoxyuridine (BrdU) positive cells in cortical layers of rat brain slices

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 43, Issue , 2014, Pages 127-133

  Schmuck, Martin ^a   Temme, Thomas ^a,b   Heinz, Sabrina ^a   Baksmeier, Christine ^a   Mosig, Axel ^b   Colomina, M Teresa ^c   Barenys, Marta ^a   Fritsche, Ellen ^a  

^a IUF LEIBNIZ RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Automated evaluation; BrdU; Cortical development; Histopathology; Image analysis; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SLICE; CELL COUNTING; CELL DEATH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEREDITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AUTOMATION; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGING SOFTWARE; IN VIVO STUDY; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; REPRODUCIBILITY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CELL MOTION; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; IN VITRO STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TIME;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL COUNT; CELL MOVEMENT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; NERVE NET; NEURONS; OPTICAL IMAGING; PREGNANCY; RATS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84905901767     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: 18729711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2014.02.005     Document Type: Article

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