| Autor: |
John P. Miller, Allen I. Selverston, N. G. Xuong, Sheryl Glasser |
| Rok vydání: |
1977 |
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| Zdroj: |
Computer Analysis of Neuronal Structures ISBN: 9781468407686 |
| DOI: |
10.1007/978-1-4684-0766-2_2 |
| Popis: |
The use of computer graphics as an aid in the study of nerve cell architecture has become increasingly useful. Computer displays can serve not only to visualize the three-dimensional structure of neurons but also to quantify their important anatomical parameters. The ease with which such measurements can be made provides a new and important tool to those of us hoping to correlate the structure of single and identifiable nerve cells with their functional properties and development. We are in a position to make such correlations in our laboratory with a fair degree of precision for two reasons. The first is that we use invertebrate preparations in which we can identify specific cells and return to them repeatedly. The second is the great advance made in the techniques of intracellular staining. Once electrophysiological measurements have been made, identifiable neurons can be selectively stained for cytoarchitectural studies at both the light and electron microscopic levels. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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