Sensorimotor control during isothermal tracking in Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 4652-4662

  Luo, Linjiao ^a   Clark, Damon A ^a   Biron, David ^a,b   Mahadevan, L ^c   Samuel, Aravinthan D T ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Sensorimotor control; Thermotaxis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 33845935457     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02590     Document Type: Article

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