Transfer characteristics of a thermosensory synapse in Caenorhabditis elegans

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 9667-9672

  Narayan, Anusha ^a,b   Laurent, Gilles ^b,c   Sternberg, Paul W ^a,b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FUNCTION; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; LIGHT; MALE; MUTATION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SYNAPSES; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSENSING; TIME FACTORS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 79959326389     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1106617108     Document Type: Article

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