Re-track: Software to analyze the retraction and protrusion velocities of neurites, filopodia and other structures.

Re-track: Software to analyze the retraction and protrusion velocities of neurites, filopodia and other structures. Anal Biochem. 2020 Feb 17;:113626 Authors: Mousavi SI, Peace KM, Scarlata S, Tüzel E Abstract We have developed new software, Re-track, that will quantify the rates of retraction and protrusion of structures emanating from the central core of a cell, such as neurites or filopodia. Re-Track, uses time-lapse images of cells in TIFF format and calculates the velocity of retraction or protrusion of a selected structure. The software uses a flexible moving boundary and has the ability to correct this boundary throughout analysis. Re-Track is fast, platform independent, and user friendly, and it can be used to follow biological events such as changes in neuronal connections, tip-growing cells such as moss, adaptive migration of cells, and similar behavior in non-biological systems. PMID: 32081618 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Analytical Biochemistry - Category: Biochemistry Authors: Tags: Anal Biochem Source Type: research