Chemosensory behavior of semi-restrained Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 171-178

  Faumont, Serge ^a   Miller, Adam C ^a   Lockery, Shawn R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Chemotaxis; Spatial orientation; Step response

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CHEMOTAXIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC REGULATION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WILD TYPE; WORM INFECTION;

ADHESIVES; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMORECEPTORS; ETHER-A-GO-GO POTASSIUM CHANNELS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUTATION; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 26844434404     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.20196     Document Type: Article

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