Long-Term Imaging of Caenorhabditis elegans Using Nanoparticle-Mediated Immobilization

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kim, Eric ^a   Sun, Lin ^b   Gabel, Christopher V ^b   Fang Yen, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE; POLYSTYRENE NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMTOSECOND LASER; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NANOANALYSIS; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; IMMOBILIZATION; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY; MOVEMENT; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEURONS; POLYSTYRENES; SEPHAROSE;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84871879043     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053419     Document Type: Article

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