Towards the automatic classification of neurons

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 307-318

  Armañanzas, Rubén ^a   Ascoli, Giorgio A ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Big data; Machine learning; Metadata; Neural classification; Standardization

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MARKER;

AUTOMATION; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL STRUCTURE; CLASSIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CLASSIFIER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONNECTOME; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FACTUAL DATABASE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MACHINE LEARNING; MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; HUMANS; MACHINE LEARNING; NEURONS;

EID: 84928434625     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: 1878108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2015.02.004     Document Type: Review

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