Touch sensation in Caenorhabditis elegans

BioEssays

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 199-206

  Herman, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHANNEL GATING; GENETICS; MUTATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TOUCH;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; MUTATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; TOUCH;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0030111494     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.950180307     Document Type: Article

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