Reversal frequency in Caenorhabditis elegans represents an integrated response to the state of the animal and its environment

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 5319-5328

  Zhao, Beibei ^a   Khare, Parul ^a,b   Feldman, Lisa ^a   Dent, Joseph A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioral plasticity; Caenorhabditis elegans; Computer modeling; Locomotion; Reversals; Sensory integration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMORECEPTOR; COMPUTER MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD; HUMIDITY; INTEGRATION; LOCOMOTION; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVERSAL FREQUENCY; SENSORY INTEGRATION; TOUCH; VELOCITY;

EID: 0038113104     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-12-05319.2003     Document Type: Article

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