SynD: Neurite and Synapse Detection
SynD is an automated image analysis routine to analyze dendrite and synapse characteristics in immuno-fluorescence images.

Purpose
The program analyses 2D immuno-fluorescence images (LSM or TIFF files) of neurons that were labeled with antibodies against a dendrite marker, synaptic vesicle protein and an additional protein of interest. SynD detects soma, neurites and synapses and reports dendrite morphology and branching, synapse size and number but also synaptic vesicle density and synaptic accumulation of proteins as a function of distance from the soma.

License
CC-NC-BY-SA

Prerequirements
MATLAB 2009a or later, with imaging toolbox and statistics toolbox.

Ease of Use
Anyone can use it

Maturity
Intermediate

Operating system
Any

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