Directional locomotion of C. elegans in the absence of external stimuli

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Peliti, Margherita ^a   Chuang, John S ^a   Shaham, Shai ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DIRECTIONAL LOCOMOTION; LOCOMOTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; ORIENTING RESPONSE; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; CUES; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PHEROMONES; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; TEMPERATURE; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84892382979     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078535     Document Type: Article

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