Effect of simultaneous presentation of multiple attractants on chemotactic response of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 419-429

  Matsuura, Tetsuya ^a   Oikawa, Tomohiro ^a   Wakabayashi, Tokumitsu ^a   Shingai, Ryuzo ^a  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Chemotaxis; Diacetyl; Multiple attractants; Sensitivity; Sodium acetate

Indexed keywords

2,3 BUTANEDIONE; ACETIC ACID; CHEMOATTRACTANT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; CHEMOTAXIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; NEURONS, AFFERENT;

EID: 1642316979     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2003.12.008     Document Type: Article

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