Oral dosing of chemical indicators for in vivo monitoring of Ca2+ dynamics in insect muscle.

This paper proposes a remarkably facile staining protocol to visually investigate dynamic physiological events in insect tissues. We attempted to monitor Ca2+ dynamics during contraction of electrically stimulated living muscle. Advances in circuit miniaturization and insect neuromuscular physiology...

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Main Authors: Ferdinandus, Satoshi Arai, Shin'ichi Ishiwata, Madoka Suzuki, Hirotaka Sato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4295878?pdf=render