ZebraBeat : A flexible platform for the analysis of the cardiac rate in zebrafish embryos

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  De Luca, Elisa ^a   Zaccaria, Gian Maria ^b   Hadhoud, Marwa ^c   Rizzo, Giovanna ^d   Ponzini, Raffaele ^e   Morbiducci, Umberto ^b   Santoro, Massimo Mattia ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c HELWAN UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e CINECA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 84901372093     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04898     Document Type: Article

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