Branch_Order

Function Output Type : Integer

Calculated : At each tracing point

Returns a value : For each compartment

Output:

Metric	Total_Sum	#Compartments (considered)	#Compartments (discarded)	Minimum	Average	Maximum	S.D.
Branch_Order	9901	1102	(0)	0	8.98457	23	6.13153

*All units are counts

Values to consider : All

Output Interpretation :

This function returns the order of the branch with respect to soma where soma has order = 0. The first bifurcation makes Branch_Order =1, second bifurcation makes it 2 and so on.

Minimum = 0 gives minimum, Maximum = 23 gives maximum for given input neuron.

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Minimum, average and maximum values are meaningful for the Branch_Order.