Neuron tracing in perspective

E Meijering - Cytometry Part A, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The study of the structure and function of neuronal cells and networks is of crucial
importance in the endeavor to understand how the brain works. A key component in this …

[HTML][HTML] Neuronal morphology goes digital: a research hub for cellular and system neuroscience

R Parekh, GA Ascoli - Neuron, 2013 - cell.com
The importance of neuronal morphology in brain function has been recognized for over a
century. The broad applicability of" digital reconstructions" of neuron morphology across …

Synthea: An approach, method, and software mechanism for generating synthetic patients and the synthetic electronic health care record

J Walonoski, M Kramer, J Nichols… - Journal of the …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Objective Our objective is to create a source of synthetic electronic health records that is
readily available; suited to industrial, innovation, research, and educational uses; and free of …

Neuromantic–from semi-manual to semi-automatic reconstruction of neuron morphology

DR Myatt, T Hadlington, GA Ascoli… - Frontiers in …, 2012 - frontiersin.org
The ability to create accurate geometric models of neuronal morphology is important for
understanding the role of shape in information processing. Despite a significant amount of …

NETMORPH: a framework for the stochastic generation of large scale neuronal networks with realistic neuron morphologies

RA Koene, B Tijms, P Van Hees, F Postma… - Neuroinformatics, 2009 - Springer
We present a simulation framework, called NETMORPH, for the developmental generation
of 3D large-scale neuronal networks with realistic neuron morphologies. In NETMORPH …

A framework for modeling the growth and development of neurons and networks

F Zubler, R Douglas - Frontiers in computational neuroscience, 2009 - frontiersin.org
The development of neural tissue is a complex organizing process, in which it is difficult to
grasp how the various localized interactions between dividing cells leads relentlessly to …

Generation, description and storage of dendritic morphology data

GA Ascoli, JL Krichmar… - … Transactions of the …, 2001 - royalsocietypublishing.org
It is generally assumed that the variability of neuronal morphology has an important effect on
both the connectivity and the activity of the nervous system, but this effect has not been …

Neurorobotics—A thriving community and a promising pathway toward intelligent cognitive robots

JL Krichmar - Frontiers in neurorobotics, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Neurorobots are robots whose control has been modeled after some aspect of the brain.
Since the brain is so closely coupled to the body and situated in the environment …

Statistical analysis and data mining of digital reconstructions of dendritic morphologies

S Polavaram, TA Gillette, R Parekh… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Neuronal morphology is diverse among animal species, developmental stages, brain
regions, and cell types. The geometry of individual neurons also varies substantially even …

The morphological identity of insect dendrites

H Cuntz, F Forstner, J Haag, A Borst - PLoS Computational …, 2008 - journals.plos.org
Dendrite morphology, a neuron's anatomical fingerprint, is a neuroscientist's asset in
unveiling organizational principles in the brain. However, the genetic program encoding the …