Do C. elegans sleep? A closer look

Sleep

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 307-308

  Singh, Komudi ^a   Huang, Huiyan ^a   Hart, Anne C ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP;

AROUSAL; BODY POSTURE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EDITORIAL; EXHAUSTION; HOMEOSTASIS; LETHARGY; LOCOMOTION; NERVE CELL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SATIETY; SLEEP;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HOMEOSTASIS; NEURONS; POSTURE; SLEEP;

EID: 84874623686     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5665/sleep.2436     Document Type: Editorial

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