Functional mapping of neurons that control locomotory behavior in Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 178-197

  Tsalik, Ephraim L ^a   Hobert, Oliver ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Circuit; Interneuron; Locomotory behavior; Mapping; Sensory neuron

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; RECOMBINANT DNA;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INTERNEURON; LOCOMOTION; MUTANT; NERVE CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY STIMULATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMOTAXIS; CUES; DNA, RECOMBINANT; HEAT; INTERNEURONS; LASERS; LOCOMOTION; MUTATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; SENSATION; SMELL; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0037490793     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.10245     Document Type: Article

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