Step response analysis of thermotaxis in Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 4369-4377

  Zariwala, Hatim A ^a   Miller, Adam C ^b   Faumont, Serge ^b   Lockery, Shawn R ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Nematode; Sensorimotor integration; Spatial orientation; Stochastic model; Thermotaxis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MUTANT; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMOREGULATION; THERMOTAXIS; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; CELL MOTION; COLD; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; TTX 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; TTX-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL MOVEMENT; COLD; ESCAPE REACTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0038718769     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-10-04369.2003     Document Type: Article

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