Track-A-Worm, An Open-Source System for Quantitative Assessment of C. elegans Locomotory and Bending Behavior

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Wang, Sijie Jason ^a   Wang, Zhao Wen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY POSITION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAMERA; COMPUTER; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER LANGUAGE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; IMAGE PROCESSING; LOCOMOTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STEREOMICROSCOPY; VELOCITY; WORM;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALIBRATION; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LOCOMOTION; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84880822222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069653     Document Type: Article

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