The neural circuits and sensory channels mediating harsh touch sensation in Caenorhabditis elegans

Nature Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Li, Wei ^a   Kang, Lijun ^a   Piggott, Beverly J ^a,b   Feng, Zhaoyang ^a,c   Xu, X Z Shawn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; SODIUM CHANNEL; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EVOKED RESPONSE; GENETIC MODEL; INTERNEURON; LASER SURGERY; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETIC STIMULATION; PATCH CLAMP; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TOUCH; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY RECEPTOR;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; INTERNEURONS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SODIUM CHANNELS; TOUCH; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNELS;

EID: 79956288538     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1308     Document Type: Article

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