Behavioral and genetic characterization of habituation using Caenorhabditis elegans

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 139-146

  Giles, Andrew C ^a,b   Rankin, Catharine H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Context conditioning; Dishabituation; Dopamine; Glutamate; Habituation; Learning; Long term memory; Reconsolidation

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC TRAIT; HABITUATION; LONG TERM MEMORY; NONHUMAN; SHORT TERM MEMORY; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEURONS; PHOSPHOLIPASE C BETA; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 67349236400     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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