Neurobiology of caenorhabditis elegans locomotion: Where do we stand?

BioScience

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 476-486

  Gjorgjieva, Julijana ^a   Biron, David ^b   Haspel, Gal ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal behavior; Caenorhabditis elegans; Locomotion; Neurobiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901978908     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: 15253244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biu058     Document Type: Review

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