Thermotaxis in Caenorhabditis elegans analyzed by measuring responses to defined thermal stimuli

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 5727-5733

  Ryu, William S ^a,b   Samuel, Aravinthan D T ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral models; Navigation; Nematode; Sensorimotor integration; Thermosensation; Thermotaxis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MEASUREMENT; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036662792     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-13-05727.2002     Document Type: Article

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