Neural coding in a single sensory neuron controlling opposite seeking behaviours in Caenorhabditis elegans

Nature Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Kuhara, Atsushi ^a   Ohnishi, Noriyuki ^a   Shimowada, Tomoyasu ^a   Mori, Ikue ^a,b,c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c KONAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNELRHODOPSIN; HALORHODOPSIN; ION CHANNEL; RETINAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISUAL PROTEINS AND PIGMENTS; CALCIUM;

AFD SENSORY NEURON; AIY NEURON; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GAP JUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTERNEURON; ION TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE SEEKING BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE SENSE; THERMAL STIMULATION; THERMOREGULATION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMORECEPTOR;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALCIUM; HALORHODOPSINS; INTERNEURONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; TEMPERATURE; THERMORECEPTORS;

EID: 79959260556     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1352     Document Type: Article

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