Appetite control: Worm's-eye-view

Animal Cells and Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 351-356

  You, Young Jai ^a   Avery, Leon ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

appetite control; Caenorhabditis elegans; cGMP; food intake; muscarinic signaling

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84868235995     PISSN: 19768354     EISSN: 21512485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19768354.2012.716791     Document Type: Review

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