TY - JOUR
T1 - Analysis of the distribution of the brain cells of the fruit fly by an automatic cell counting algorithm
AU - Shimada, Takashi
AU - Kato, Kentaro
AU - Kamikouchi, Azusa
AU - Ito, Kei
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by BIRD/JST grants and a JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists to K.K.
Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2005/5/1
Y1 - 2005/5/1
N2 - The fruit fly is the smallest brain-having model animal. Its brain is said to consist only of about 250,000 neurons, whereas it shows "the rudiments of consciousness" in addition to its high abilities such as learning and memory. As the starting point of the exhaustive analysis of its brain-circuit information, we have developed a new algorithm of counting cells automatically from source 2D/3D figures. In our algorithm, counting cells is realized by embedding objects (typically, disks/balls), each of which has exclusive volume. Using this method, we have succeeded in counting thousands of cells accurately. This method provides us the information necessary for the analysis of brain circuits: the precise distribution of the whole brain cells.
AB - The fruit fly is the smallest brain-having model animal. Its brain is said to consist only of about 250,000 neurons, whereas it shows "the rudiments of consciousness" in addition to its high abilities such as learning and memory. As the starting point of the exhaustive analysis of its brain-circuit information, we have developed a new algorithm of counting cells automatically from source 2D/3D figures. In our algorithm, counting cells is realized by embedding objects (typically, disks/balls), each of which has exclusive volume. Using this method, we have succeeded in counting thousands of cells accurately. This method provides us the information necessary for the analysis of brain circuits: the precise distribution of the whole brain cells.
KW - Automatic cell counting
KW - Brain circuits
KW - Drosophila
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U2 - 10.1016/j.physa.2004.11.033
DO - 10.1016/j.physa.2004.11.033
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:14744268418
SN - 0378-4371
VL - 350
SP - 144
EP - 149
JO - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
JF - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
IS - 1
ER -