Image informatics strategies for deciphering neuronal network connectivity

Advances in Anatomy Embryology and Cell Biology

Volumn 219, Issue , 2016, Pages 123-148

  Detrez, Jan R ^a   Verstraelen, Peter ^a   Gebuis, Titia ^b   Verschuuren, Marlies ^a   Kuijlaars, Jacobine ^c,d   Langlois, Xavier ^c   Nuydens, Rony ^c   Timmermans, Jean Pierre ^a   De Vos, Winnok H ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Belgium)

^d HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL NUCLEUS; DENDRITIC SPINE; DEVICES; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEURITE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CALCIUM; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL NUCLEUS; DENDRITIC SPINES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NERVE NET; NEURITES; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84976449004     PISSN: 03015556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-28549-8_5     Document Type: Article

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