An automated method to quantify microglia morphology and application to monitor activation state longitudinally in vivo.

Microglia are specialized immune cells of the brain. Upon insult, microglia initiate a cascade of cellular responses including a characteristic change in cell morphology. To study the dynamics of microglia immune response in situ, we developed an automated image analysis method that enables the quan...

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Main Authors: Cleopatra Kozlowski, Robby M Weimer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3294422?pdf=render