A physical model for galvanotaxis of Paramecium cell

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 242, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 314-328

  Ogawa, Naoko ^a   Oku, Hiromasa ^a   Hashimoto, Koichi ^b,c   Ishikawa, Masatoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Galvanotaxis; Ludloff phenomenon; Paramecium; Physical model

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROTOZOAN; TAXIS; TORQUE;

ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CILIARY MOTILITY; GALVANOTAXIS; LOCOMOTION; MICROSCOPY; PARAMECIUM; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CILIA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARAMECIUM; TORQUE;

PARAMECIUM;

EID: 33747180803     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2006.02.021     Document Type: Article

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