On-chip immobilization of planarians for in vivo imaging

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Dexter, Joseph P ^a   Tamme, Mary B ^b   Lind, Christine H ^b   Collins, Eva Maria S ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DEVICES; HYDRA; IMMOBILIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION; STEM CELL; TIME LAPSE IMAGING; TURBELLARIA;

ANIMALS; HYDRA; IMMOBILIZATION; PLANARIANS; REGENERATION; STEM CELLS; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING;

EID: 84923377051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06388     Document Type: Article

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