Integration of multiscale dendritic spine structure and function data into systems biology models

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn 8, Issue November, 2014, Pages

  Mancuso, James J ^a   Cheng, Jie ^a   Yin, Zheng ^a   Gilliam, Jared C ^a   Xia, Xiaofeng ^a   Li, Xuping ^a   Wong, Stephen T C ^a  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Big data; Dendritic spines; Image analysis; Microscopy; Modeling and simulations; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SHAPE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DENDRITIC SPINE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

EID: 84910131331     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2014.00130     Document Type: Review

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