Exploratory decisions of the caenorhabditis elegans male: A conflict of two drives

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2014, Pages 10-17

  Barrios, Arantza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Decision making; Mate searching; Neural circuits; Neuroendocrinology; Neuromodulators

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FOOD; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SENSORY SYSTEM; ANIMAL; APPETITE; DECISION MAKING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; PDF PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DECISION MAKING; MALE; NERVE NET; NEUROPEPTIDES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84905571199     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2014.06.003     Document Type: Review

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