# Question about Quantifying Neuron Complexity with Sholl Analysis

**URL:** <https://community.brain-map.org/t/question-about-quantifying-neuron-complexity-with-sholl-analysis/1900>\
**Category:** Science\
**Tags:** transcriptomics, single-cell-morphology\
**Created:** [October 7, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.brain-map.org/t/question-about-quantifying-neuron-complexity-with-sholl-analysis/1900 "2022-10-07T19:27:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![hsonoda24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ab097/32.png) [@hsonoda24](https://community.brain-map.org/u/hsonoda24)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.brain-map.org/t/question-about-quantifying-neuron-complexity-with-sholl-analysis/1900/1 "2022-10-07T19:27:45Z")

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Hello, my peers and I were wondering if dendrite and axon complexity can be accurately measured with Sholl analysis. Is it also possible to quantify neuron complexity with a single value through Sholl analysis? Thank you!

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**Author:** ![racheld](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.brain-map.org/racheld/32/107_2.png) [@racheld](https://community.brain-map.org/u/racheld)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://community.brain-map.org/t/question-about-quantifying-neuron-complexity-with-sholl-analysis/1900/2 "2022-10-21T20:45:05Z")

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Hello @hsonoda24 often the complexity of a neuron is captured using multiple features calculated from single-neuron morphology data. You might be particularly interested in the section called “Analysis” on our website “[How to Reconstruct Neurons in 3D](https://portal.brain-map.org/explore/toolkit/morpho-reconstruction/vaa3d-mozak)”