Steepness of thermal gradient is essential to obtain a unified view of thermotaxis in C. elegans

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 260, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-65

  Nakazato, Kenichi ^a   Mochizuki, Atsushi ^a,b,c  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biased random walk; C. elegans; Mathematical modeling; Sensorimotor behavior; Thermotaxis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NEMATODE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION MIGRATION; RANDOM WALK METHOD; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMOPHILE; THERMOTAXIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HOT TEMPERATURE; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; THERMOSENSING;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 67949118770     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.05.027     Document Type: Article

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