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ArticleBMC bioinformatics2015

Topological characterization of neuronal arbor morphology via sequence representation: I--motif analysis.

Todd A Gillette, Giorgio A Ascoli

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Article in BMC bioinformatics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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Todd A GilletteDepartment of Molecular Neuroscience, Center for Neural Informatics, Structures, and Plasticity, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study (MS2A1), George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA. todd.gillette@gmail.com.
Giorgio A AscoliDepartment of Molecular Neuroscience, Center for Neural Informatics, Structures, and Plasticity, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study (MS2A1), George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA. ascoli@gmu.edu.

Funding

Generation and Description of Neuronal Morphology and ConnectivityR01NS039600 · NINDS · GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY · PI ASCOLI, GIORGIO A · 1999 to 2024
$6.9M
Cytoskeletal mechanisms of dendrite arbor shape developmentR01NS086082 · NINDS · GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI ASCOLI, GIORGIO A, COX, DANIEL N · 2013 to 2023
$3.1M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS039600NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS086082NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS39600
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe morphology of neurons offers many insights into developmental processes and signal processing. Numerous reports have focused on metrics at the level of individual branches or whole arbors; however, no studies have attempted to quantify repeated morphological patterns within neuronal trees. We introduce a novel sequential encoding of neurite branching suitable to explore topological patterns.

resultsUsing all possible branching topologies for comparison we show that the relative abundance of short patterns of up to three bifurcations, together with overall tree size, effectively capture the local branching patterns of neurons. Dendrites and axons display broadly similar topological motifs (over-represented patterns) and anti-motifs (under-represented patterns), differing most in their proportions of bifurcations with one terminal branch and in select sub-sequences of three bifurcations. In addition, pyramidal apical dendrites reveal a distinct motif profile.

conclusionsThe quantitative characterization of topological motifs in neuronal arbors provides a thorough description of local features and detailed boundaries for growth mechanisms and hypothesized computational functions.

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Amino Acid MotifsAnimalsAxonsBase SequenceDendritesMiceMolecular Sequence DataNeuritesNeuronsPyramidal Tracts

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PMCPMC4496917

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