Chemoattraction and chemorepulsion of Strongyloides stercoralis infective larvae on a sodium chloride gradient is mediated by amphidial neuron pairs ASE and ASH, respectively

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 189-198

  Forbes, W M ^a,b   Ashton, F T ^a   Boston, R ^a   Zhu, X ^a   Schad, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Caenorhabditis elegans; Host finding; Laser microbeam; Nematode; Sensory neurons

Indexed keywords

CHEMOATTRACTANT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; HATCHING; HELMINTHIASIS; INFECTION; LARVA; LASER MICROBEAM MICRODISSECTION; MIGRATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; SALINITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS;

ANIMALS; CHEMOTAXIS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS;

EID: 1642349454     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.01.005     Document Type: Article

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