A Self-Regulating Feed-Forward Circuit Controlling C. elegans Egg-Laying Behavior

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 1445-1455

  Zhang, Mi ^a,b,c,f   Chung, Samuel H ^c   Fang Yen, Chris ^c   Craig, Caroline ^b   Kerr, Rex A ^b,d   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^b,e   Samuel, Aravinthan D T ^c   Mazur, Eric ^c   Schafer, William R ^b,f  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MOLNEURO; SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NEUROPEPTIDE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; MOTONEURON; OSMOLARITY; OVIPARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE; TIME; TOUCH;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HOMEOSTASIS; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OVIPARITY; SEROTONIN; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 53449098366     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.08.047     Document Type: Article

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