Concentration- and time-dependent behavioral changes in Caenorhabditis elegans after exposure to nicotine

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 365-370

  Sobkowiak, Robert ^a   Kowalski, Mateusz ^b   Lesicki, Andrzej ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Behavior; Caenorhabditis elegans; Locomotion rate; Nicotine

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPOKINESIA; LOCOMOTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TIME; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NICOTINE; TIME FACTORS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 79957958149     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: 18735177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2011.05.019     Document Type: Article

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