title: A simple statistical test for the vertex ratio using Monte Carlo simulation.
abstract: The vertex ratio is the crucial quantity in vertex analysis, which is a method to characterize the mode of growth of neuronal tree structures (i.e. dendrites and axons). In this report we propose the use of the Monte Carlo test to calculate a level of significance for the vertex ratio. As a result the vertex ratio can be used to analyse neuronal trees with respect to a range of growth hypotheses, including terminal and segmental growth.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006128:Growth; D008433:Mathematics; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development