A structured program in BASIC for cell morphometry: its application to the spinal motoneurone.

The BASIC program developed for use on an RML380Z computer collects, sorts, corrects and analyzes counts of organelle number, and measurements of membrane length and profile area. These fundamental parameters are used to derive intermediate parameters and their interrelationships are examined. Data input routines permit either measurements obtained from a digitizer tablet or the use of non-automated methods. A main program controls overall program flow and discrete sub-programs implement data input, data checking, derivation of parameters and analyses. The program is applied here to analyses of motoneurone synaptology, but with simple adaptation may be used to analyze other cell types.