The fundamental role of pirouettes in Caenorhabditis elegans chemotaxis

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 9557-9569

  Pierce Shimomura, Jonathan T ^a   Morse, Thomas M ^a   Lockery, Shawn R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral models; Chemosensation; Nematode; Neural computation; Sensorimotor integration; Spatial orientation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 0033232522     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-21-09557.1999     Document Type: Article

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