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ArticleBMC neuroscience2011

NeuriteQuant: an open source toolkit for high content screens of neuronal morphogenesis.

Leif Dehmelt, Gunnar Poplawski, Eric Hwang, Shelley Halpain

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Article in BMC neuroscience, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Leif DehmeltMax-Planck-Institute of Molecular Physiology, Otto-Hahn-Str, 11, 44227 Dortmund, Germany. leif.dehmelt@mpi-dortmund.mpg.de
Gunnar Poplawski
Eric Hwang
Shelley Halpain

Funding

CYTOSKELETAL TARGETS OF NEURONAL SIGNALINGR01MH050861 · NIMH · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI HALPAIN, SHELLEY L · 1998 to 2006
$2.5M
Mechanisms of Dendritic Spine StabilityR01MH087823 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI HALPAIN, SHELLEY L · 2010 to 2014
$1.9M
High Content Screens of Neuronal Development for Autism ResearchR21NS070297 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI HALPAIN, SHELLEY L · 2009 to 2010
$419k
CYTOSKELETAL TARGETS OF NEURONAL SIGNALINGR29MH050861 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI HALPAIN, SHELLEY L · 1994 to 1998
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NIMH NIH HHS MH50861NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH087823NINDS NIH HHS NS70297NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS070297
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo date, some of the most useful and physiologically relevant neuronal cell culture systems, such as high density co-cultures of astrocytes and primary hippocampal neurons, or differentiated stem cell-derived cultures, are characterized by high cell density and partially overlapping cellular structures. Efficient analytical strategies are required to enable rapid, reliable, quantitative analysis of neuronal morphology in these valuable model systems.

resultsHere we present the development and validation of a novel bioinformatics pipeline called NeuriteQuant. This tool enables fully automated morphological analysis of large-scale image data from neuronal cultures or brain sections that display a high degree of complexity and overlap of neuronal outgrowths. It also provides an efficient web-based tool to review and evaluate the analysis process. In addition to its built-in functionality, NeuriteQuant can be readily extended based on the rich toolset offered by ImageJ and its associated community of developers. As proof of concept we performed automated screens for modulators of neuronal development in cultures of primary neurons and neuronally differentiated P19 stem cells, which demonstrated specific dose-dependent effects on neuronal morphology.

conclusionsNeuriteQuant is a freely available open-source tool for the automated analysis and effective review of large-scale high-content screens. It is especially well suited to quantify the effect of experimental manipulations on physiologically relevant neuronal cultures or brain sections that display a high degree of complexity and overlap among neurites or other cellular structures.

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Software ValidationAlgorithmsAnimalsCell Culture TechniquesCell LineComputational BiologyDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalImage CytometryInformation DisseminationMiceNerve Growth FactorsNeuritesNeurogenesisSoftwareNerve Growth Factors

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PMID21989414
PMCPMC3208608

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