Using microfluidics chips for live imaging and study of injury responses in Drosophila larvae

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 84, 2014, Pages

  Mishra, Bibhudatta ^a   Ghannad Rezaie, Mostafa ^a   Li, Jiaxing ^a   Wang, Xin ^a   Hao, Yan ^a   Ye, Bing ^a   Chronis, Nikos ^a   Collins, Catherine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal degeneration; Axonal injury; Bioengineering; Calcium imaging; Drosophila melanogaster; Issue 84; Laser microsurgery; Live imaging; Microfluidics; Photoconversion

Indexed keywords

BAYSILON; DIMETICONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EQUIPMENT; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LARVA; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; NEURONS;

EID: 84904578527     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/50998     Document Type: Article

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