Mate searching in Caenorhabditis elegans: A genetic model for sex drive in a simple invertebrate

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 34, 2004, Pages 7427-7434

  Lipton, Jonathan ^a   Kleemann, Gunnar ^a   Ghosh, Rajarshi ^a   Lints, Robyn ^a   Emmons, Scott W ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral mutant; Insulin; Motivation; Serotonin; Sex drive; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC MODEL; HERMAPHRODITISM; INVERTEBRATE; LIBIDO; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; HERMAPHRODITISM; INSULIN; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOTIVATION; MUTATION; REPRODUCTION; SEROTONIN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 4444303159     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1746-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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