An integrated microfluidic device for high-throughput electrophysiological analysis of C. elegans

Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1441-1443

  Hu, Chunxiao ^a   O'Connor, Vincent ^a   Holden Dye, Lindy ^a   Morgan, Hywel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Drug application; Electropharyngeogram; High throughput; Microfluidic

Indexed keywords

FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROFLUIDICS;

ELECTROPHARYNGEOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; ELEGANS; EMBEDDED ELECTRODES; EXPERIMENTAL PLATFORM; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; INTEGRATED MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 84891629164     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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