Trends in high-throughput and functional neuroimaging in Caenorhabditis elegans

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Systems Biology and Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Cho, Yongmin ^a   Zhao, Charles L ^b   Lu, Hang ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Emory University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GENETIC SCREENING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MICROFLUIDICS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; SOFTWARE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FLUORESCENT DYES; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURONS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 85013408896     PISSN: 19395094     EISSN: 1939005X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wsbm.1376     Document Type: Article

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