Agarose hydrogel microcompartments for imaging sleep- and wake-like behavior and nervous system development in Caenorhabditis elegans larvae

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 78-88

  Bringmann, Henrik ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Microfluidics; Sleep

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HYDROGEL; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HYDROGEL; LARVA; NERVOUS SYSTEM; ORGANOGENESIS; SEPHAROSE; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 80052323259     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.07.013     Document Type: Article

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