Degeneracy and neuromodulation among thermosensory neurons contribute to robust thermosensory behaviors in Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 32, 2011, Pages 11718-11727

  Beverly, Matthew ^a   Anbil, Sriram ^a   Sengupta, Piali ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMOSENSORY NEURON; DEGENERACY; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE SENSE; THERMOREGULATION; THERMOSENSORY NEURON;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HOT TEMPERATURE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE NET; NEURONS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; THERMORECEPTORS; THERMOSENSING;

EID: 80051560513     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1098-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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