Locomotion analysis identifies roles of mechanosensory neurons in governing locomotion dynamics of C. elegans

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 3639-3648

  Cohen, Emiliano ^a   Yemini, Eviatar ^b   Schafer, William ^b   Feitelson, Dror G ^a   Treinin, Millet ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Locomotion; Mechanosensation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; LOCOMOTION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY RECEPTOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; LOCOMOTION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84866869139     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.075416     Document Type: Article

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