Identification of the AFD neuron as the site of action of the CREB protein in Caenorhabditis elegans thermotaxis

EMBO Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 855-862

  Nishida, Yukuo ^a   Sugi, Takuma ^a,c   Nonomura, Mayu ^a,c   Mori, Ikue ^a,b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

behaviour; CREB; memory; thermotaxis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INTERNEURON; LEARNING; MEMORY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CALCIUM; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; MEMORY; MUTATION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSENSING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 79961025741     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/embor.2011.120     Document Type: Article

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