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In Vivo Calcium Imaging in C. elegans Body Wall Muscles

In Vivo Calcium Imaging in C. elegans Body Wall Muscles

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October 20, 2019

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10.3791/59175-v

DOI:
10.3791/59175-v

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October 20, 2019

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1Department of Biological Sciences,University of Illinois at Chicago, 2Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology,University of Minnesota, 3Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology,University of Illinois at Chicago

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This method provides a way to couple optogenetics and genetically encoded calcium sensors to image baseline cytosolic calcium levels and changes in evoked calcium transients in the body wall muscles of the model organism C. elegans.

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Martin, A. A., Alford, S., Richmond, J. E. In Vivo Calcium Imaging in C. elegans Body Wall Muscles. J. Vis. Exp. (152), e59175, doi:10.3791/59175 (2019).

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