The burrowing behavior of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans: A new assay for the study of neuromuscular disorders

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 357-368

  Beron, C ^a   Vidal Gadea, A G ^a   Cohn, J ^a   Parikh, A ^a   Hwang, G ^a   Pierce Shimomura, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Burrowing; Caenorhabditis elegans; Dystrophin; Nematode

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; DYS-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BEHAVIOR; BURROWING BEHAVIOR; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMOTAXIS; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KINEMATICS; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUTANT; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARAMETERS; PIPETTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOMECHANICS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DYSTROPHIN; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84928236521     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12217     Document Type: Article

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