A novel thermosensitive escape behavior in drosophila larvae

Fly

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 304-306

  Oswald, Matthew ^a   Rymarczyk, Beata ^a   Chatters, Alastair ^a   Sweeney, Sean T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drosophila larvae; Nociception; Nocifensive; TRP receptor

Indexed keywords

EID: 82855181094     PISSN: 19336934     EISSN: 19336942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/fly.5.4.17810     Document Type: Article

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