Connecting a Connectome to Behavior: An Ensemble of Neuroanatomical Models of C. elegans Klinotaxis

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Izquierdo, Eduardo J ^a   Beer, Randall D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS;

BEHAVIORAL DATA; CHEMOSENSORY NEURONS; CHEMOTAXI; CONNECTOMES; CONNECTOMICS; ELEGANS; NEMATODE WORMS; NEURAL CIRCUITS; NEURAL FUNCTIONS; WIRING DIAGRAM;

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMOTAXIS; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHM; GAP JUNCTION; KLINOTAXIS; MOTONEURON; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE;

EID: 84874775184     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002890     Document Type: Article

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