Bridging the gap between genes and behavior: Recent advances in the electrophysiological analysis of neural function in Caenorhabditis elegans

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 90-99

  Francis, Michael M ^a   Mellem, Jerry E ^a   Maricq, Andres Villu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PROTEIN UNC 13; PROTEIN UNC 64; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; SNARE PROTEIN; SYNAPTOBREVIN; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; SYNTAXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BEHAVIOR; BIOPHYSICS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALCIUM CURRENT; GENE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; LOCOMOTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; INTERNEURONS; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0037302837     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2236(02)00041-3     Document Type: Review

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