Mutations of the Caenorhabditis elegans brain-specific inorganic phosphate transporter eat-4 affect habituation of the tap-withdrawal response without affecting the response itself

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 4337-4344

  Rankin, Catharine H ^a   Wicks, Stephen R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavior genetics; C. elegans; Glutamate; Habituation; Invertebrate learning; Sodium dependent inorganic phosphate co transporter

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HABITUATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

EID: 0034214120     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-11-04337.2000     Document Type: Article

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