A system for performing high throughput assays of synaptic function

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Hempel, Chris M ^a   Sivula, Michael ^a   Levenson, Jonathan M ^a   Rose, David M ^a   Li, Bing ^a   Sirianni, Ana C ^a   Xia, Eva ^a   Ryan, Timothy A ^b   Gerber, David J ^a   Cottrell, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a Galenea Corporation   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FOREBRAIN; GENETIC SCREENING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC FUNCTION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DRUG EFFECT; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DRUG DISCOVERY; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; NEURONS; RATS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC VESICLES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80053595693     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025999     Document Type: Article

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