Evaluation of the long-term memory for thermosensation regulated by neuronal calcium sensor-1 in Caenorhabditis elegans

Neuroscience Bulletin

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-6

  Ye, Hua Yue ^a,b,c   Ye, Bo Ping ^c   Wang, Da Yong ^a,b  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Long term memory; Neuronal calcium sensor 1; Thermosensation

Indexed keywords

LEAD; NEURONAL CALCIUM SENSOR; NEURONAL CALCIUM SENSOR 1; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; NCS-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENE; LOCOMOTION; LONG TERM MEMORY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NSC 1 GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; THERMOREGULATION; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE SENSE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONAL CALCIUM-SENSOR PROTEINS; THERMOSENSING;

EID: 46149097626     PISSN: 16737067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12264-008-0920-x     Document Type: Article

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