Step-response analysis of chemotaxis in Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 3369-3378

  Miller, Adam C ^a   Thiele, Tod R ^a   Faumont, Serge ^a   Moravec, Marin L ^a,b   Lockery, Shawn R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Chemosensory neurons; Chemotaxis; Nematode; Sensorimotor integration; Stochstic models

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CHEMORECEPTORS; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ESTRADIOL; LASERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; NORETHINDRONE; PROBABILITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 16344370932     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5133-04.2005     Document Type: Article

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