Parallel use of two behavioral mechanisms for chemotaxis in Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 5370-5380

  Ino, Yuichi ^a   Yoshida, Kazushi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOATTRACTANT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; INTERNEURON; LASER SURGERY; LOCOMOTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; STEREOTYPY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WEATHERVANE MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMOTAXIS; LOCOMOTION; NERVE NET; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 65649106496     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3633-08.2009     Document Type: Article

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