C. elegans Dopaminergic D2-Like Receptors Delimit Recurrent Cholinergic-Mediated Motor Programs during a Goal-Oriented Behavior

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Correa, Paola ^a   LeBoeuf, Brigitte ^a,b   García, L René ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 3 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR; LEVAMISOLE; NICOTINE; OXOTREMORINE M;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAT 2 GENE; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; DOPAMINE RELEASE; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MALE; MATING; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; CHOLINERGIC NEURONS; COPULATION; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VULVA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84870677260     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003015     Document Type: Article

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