The microarchitecture of C. Elegans behavior during lethargus: Homeostatic bout dynamics, a typical body posture, and regulation by a central neuron

Sleep

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 385-395

  Shachar, Iwanir ^a   Nora, Tramm ^a   Stanislav, Nagy ^a   Charles, Wright ^a   Daniel, Ish ^a   David, Biron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; C. elegans; Homeostasis; Lethargus

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CYCLIC AMP;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DYNAMICS; HOMEOSTASIS; INTERNEURON; LARVA; LETHARGY; LOCOMOTION; MOTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BEHAVIOR; C. ELEGANS; HOMEOSTASIS; LETHARGUS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HOMEOSTASIS; INTERNEURONS; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; NEURONS; POSTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SLEEP;

EID: 84874623930     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5665/sleep.2456     Document Type: Article

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