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ArticleFrontiers in neuroinformatics2019

ShuTu: Open-Source Software for Efficient and Accurate Reconstruction of Dendritic Morphology.

Dezhe Z Jin, Ting Zhao, David L Hunt, Rachel P Tillage, Ching-Lung Hsu, Nelson Spruston

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Article in Frontiers in neuroinformatics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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Dezhe Z JinDepartment of Physics and Center for Neural Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States.
Ting ZhaoJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, United States.
David L HuntJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, United States.
Rachel P TillageJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, United States.
Ching-Lung HsuJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, United States.
Nelson SprustonJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, United States.

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Abstract

Neurons perform computations by integrating inputs from thousands of synapses-mostly in the dendritic tree-to drive action potential firing in the axon. One fruitful approach to studying this process is to record from neurons using patch-clamp electrodes, fill the recorded neurons with a substance that allows subsequent staining, reconstruct the three-dimensional architectures of the dendrites, and use the resulting functional and structural data to develop computer models of dendritic integration. Accurately producing quantitative reconstructions of dendrites is typically a tedious process taking many hours of manual inspection and measurement. Here we present ShuTu, a new software package that facilitates accurate and efficient reconstruction of dendrites imaged using bright-field microscopy. The program operates in two steps: (1) automated identification of dendritic processes, and (2) manual correction of errors in the automated reconstruction. This approach allows neurons with complex dendritic morphologies to be reconstructed rapidly and efficiently, thus facilitating the use of computer models to study dendritic structure-function relationships and the computations performed by single neurons.

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automatic reconstruction methoddendriteneuron morphologyreconstructionsoftware

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PMID31736735
PMCPMC6834530

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