An automated tracking system for Caenorhabditis elegans locomotor behavior and circadian studies application

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 273-280

  Simonetta, Sergio H ^a   Golombek, Diego A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE QUILMES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Automation; Caenorhabditis elegans; Circadian; Locomotor activity

Indexed keywords

AZIDE;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LOCOMOTION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STRESS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INFRARED RAYS; LOCOMOTION; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33947494610     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2006.11.015     Document Type: Article

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