Synaptic activity of the AFD neuron in Caenorhabditis elegans correlates with thermotactic memory

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 373-376

  Samuel, Aravinthan D T ^a   Silva, Ruwan A ^a   Murthy, Venkatesh N ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Exocytosis; GFP; Synaptic transmission; Thermotaxis; Vesicle recycling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENDOCYTOSIS; EXOCYTOSIS; MEMORY; MONITORING; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPATIAL MEMORY; STARVATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WORM;

EID: 0037439864     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-02-00373.2003     Document Type: Article

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