Microfluidics for in vivo imaging of neuronal and behavioral activity in Caenorhabditis elegans

Nature Methods

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 727-731

  Chronis, Nikos ^a,b   Zimmer, Manuel ^a   Bargmann, Cornelia I ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNEURON; LOCOMOTION; MICROFLUIDICS; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALCIUM; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTERNEURONS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 34548361558     PISSN: 15487091     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmeth1075     Document Type: Article

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