Dopamine signaling is essential for precise rates of locomotion by C. elegans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Omura, Daniel T ^a,b   Clark, Damon A ^c   Samuel, Aravinthan D T ^c   Horvitz, H Robert ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D2 LIKE DOPAMINE RECEPTOR DOP 3; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN SUBUNIT GOA 1; HELMINTH PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; DOPAMINE SIGNALING; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FEEDING; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR COORDINATION; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DOPAMINE; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GI-GO; LOCOMOTION; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84862165686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038649     Document Type: Article

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