Quantitative characterization of planarian wild-type behavior as a platform for screening locomotion phenotypes

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1063-1067

  Talbot, Jared ^a   Schötz, Eva Maria ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral analysis; Locomotion; Planarian tracking; Schmidtea mediterranea

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; CHLORBUTOL; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SULPIRIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LOCOMOTION; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; TURBELLARIA; VIDEO MICROSCOPY;

ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHLOROBUTANOL; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; GENOTYPE; LOCOMOTION; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; PHENOTYPE; PLANARIANS; SULPIRIDE;

ANIMALIA; PLANARIA; SCHMIDTEA MEDITERRANEA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 79955024101     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.052290     Document Type: Article

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