Sexual modulation of neural circuits and behavior in caenorhabditis elegans

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2014, Pages 3-9

  Fagan, Kelli A ^a,b   Portman, Douglas S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior genetics; C. elegans; Neural circuits; Sex differences; Sexual differentiation

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONNECTOME; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HERMAPHRODITE; LOCOMOTION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; ANIMAL; CHEMOTAXIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMOTAXIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE NET; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84905584530     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2014.06.007     Document Type: Review

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