Pan-neuronal expression of APL-1, an APP-related protein, disrupts olfactory, gustatory, and touch plasticity in Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 30, 2012, Pages 10156-10169

  Ewald, Collin Y ^a,b   Cheng, Ruby ^b   Tolen, Lana ^b   Shah, Vishal ^b   Gillani, Aneela ^c   Nasrin, Afsana ^c   Li, Chris ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics High School New York   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APL 1 PROTEIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DAF 12; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DAF 16; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMOTAXIS; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; GUSTATORY SYSTEM; LEARNING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TOUCH; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; TASTE PERCEPTION; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84864200537     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0495-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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