AIS quantification

Quantitative measures of the axon initial segment (AIS)

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ais.m quantifies parameters of axon initial segment (AIS) location & length in appropriately immuno-stained neuronal tissue (see Grubb & Burrone 2010 Nature 465:1070). Can also produce indices of how well a particular probe or protein is localised to the AIS.
ais_z3.m (with input from Tom Watkins) maintains most features of ais.m, but now takes in a single RGB tif file as input, can analyse up to 3 separate fluorescence channels, gives measures of AIS fluorescence intensity, and gives more accurate measures of position along the axon.

ais_auto.m (written by Dennis Kruijssen) allows for semi-automatic measurement of AIS length when label is very clean, and can be combined into batch analysis with batch_ais_auto.m .

Cite As

Matthew Grubb (2026). AIS quantification (https://in.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/28181-ais-quantification), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

General Information

MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
1.5.0.0

Added ais_auto.m and associated files for semi-automatic measurement of AIS length

1.2.0.0

Update April 2011: ais_z3.m and instructions for use included

1.0.0.0