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Computational Image Analysis Reveals Intrinsic Multigenerational Differences between Anterior and Posterior Cerebral Cortex Neural Progenitor Cells
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Computational Image Analysis Reveals Intrinsic Multigenerational Differences between Anterior and Posterior Cerebral Cortex Neural Progenitor Cells

Mark R Winter, Mo Liu, David Monteleone, Justin Melunis, Uri Hershberg, Susan K Goderie, Sally Temple and Andrew R Cohen
Stem cell reports, v 5(4), pp 609-620
13 Oct 2015
PMID: 26344906
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stemcr.2015.08.002View
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Abstract

Algorithms Animals Cell Line Cell Lineage Cell Proliferation Cell Tracking - methods Cerebral Cortex - cytology Cerebral Cortex - embryology Humans Image Processing, Computer-Assisted - methods Mice Microscopy - methods Neural Stem Cells - cytology
Time-lapse microscopy can capture patterns of development through multiple divisions for an entire clone of proliferating cells. Images are taken every few minutes over many days, generating data too vast to process completely by hand. Computational analysis of this data can benefit from occasional human guidance. Here we combine improved automated algorithms with minimized human validation to produce fully corrected segmentation, tracking, and lineaging results with dramatic reduction in effort. A web-based viewer provides access to data and results. The improved approach allows efficient analysis of large numbers of clones. Using this method, we studied populations of progenitor cells derived from the anterior and posterior embryonic mouse cerebral cortex, each growing in a standardized culture environment. Progenitors from the anterior cortex were smaller, less motile, and produced smaller clones compared to those from the posterior cortex, demonstrating cell-intrinsic differences that may contribute to the areal organization of the cerebral cortex.

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