NeuroChip: A Microfluidic Electrophysiological Device for Genetic and Chemical Biology Screening of Caenorhabditis elegans Adult and Larvae

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Hu, Chunxiao ^a   Dillon, James ^a   Kearn, James ^a   Murray, Caitriona ^a   O'Connor, Vincent ^a   Holden Dye, Lindy ^a   Morgan, Hywel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FUNCTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENETIC SCREENING; LARVAL STAGE; MEDICAL DEVICE; MICROFLUIDICS; MUTAGENESIS; NEMATODE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA PRIMERS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LARVA; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84878040748     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064297     Document Type: Article

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