The neurobiology of sensing respiratory gases for the control of animal behavior

Frontiers in Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 246-253

  Ma, Dengke K ^a   Ringstad, Niels ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

animal behaviors; C. elegans; carbon dioxide; Drosophila; oxygen; respiratory gases

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84861454439     PISSN: 16747984     EISSN: 16747992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11515-012-1219-x     Document Type: Article

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