High-throughput imaging of neuronal activity in Caenorhabditis elegans

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 45, 2013, Pages

  Larsch, Johannes ^a,b   Ventimiglia, Donovan ^a,b   Bargmann, Cornelia I ^a,b   Albrecht, Dirk R ^a,b,c  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INTERNEURON; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALCIUM; CHEMORECEPTOR CELLS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEUROIMAGING; ODORS; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84887268955     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1318325110     Document Type: Article

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