Branch_Order

This function returns the order of the branch with respect to soma.

Function Output Type : Numeric

Calculated : At Each Tracing Point

Command Line Usage Function : "-f17, 0, 0, 10.0"

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

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.

Examples of Distribution Plots :


References :
Total sum of the Branch_Order doesn't make sense.