Cellular and molecular basis of decision-making

EMBO Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1023-1035

  Yapici, Nilay ^a   Zimmer, Manuel ^b   Domingos, Ana I ^c  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

^c INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aggression; Decision making; Nutrient sensing; Obesity; Sexual behaviour

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CYTOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FIGHTING; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING; HUMAN; LOVE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; BRAIN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DECISION MAKING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MICE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84908100990     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15252/embr.201438993     Document Type: Review

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