Images of cultured neurons: morphological and functional information.
The in vitro culture of neuronal cells is a useful tool for studying, in a controlled way, neurobiological and neuropharmacological phenomena. A first step towards the understanding of these phenomena is described. Effects of simulated excitatory/inhibitory synapses, artificially positioned along the digitized image of neural arborizations, are presented.
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D000818:Animals; D001709:Biotechnology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003198:Computer Simulation; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007865:Leeches; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D012984:Software; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology