SectionArea

This function returns the SectionArea of the compartment.

Function Output Type : Real

Calculated : At each tracing point

Returns a value : For each compartment

Command Line Usage Function : "-f13, 0, 0, 10.0"

Output:

Metric	Total_Sum	#Compartments (considered)	#Compartments (discarded)	Minimum	Average	Maximum	S.D.
SectionArea	603.63	1553	(1)	0.07	0.38	89.56	4.89

*All units are in microns

Values to consider : All

Output Interpretation :

The SectionArea is computed by calculating the area of circle using pi*r^2, where r is the radius of compartment. The above example, shows the total surface area is 603.63 microns.

Total_Sum = 603.63 gives Total_Sum, Minimum = 0.07 gives minimum, Maximum = 89.56 gives maximum for given input neuron.

References :

The compartments that form the soma (Type = 1) are not considered for this study.