Food responsiveness regulates episodic behavioral states in Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1911-1934

  McCloskey, Richard J ^a   Fouad, Anthony D ^a   Churgin, Matthew A ^a   Fang Yen, Christopher ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral state; Egg laying; Feeding; Insulin like signaling; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; NEUROPEPTIDE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; EGL-4 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EGG LAYING; FOOD INTAKE; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CYCLIC GMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; REPRODUCTION; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SEROTONERGIC NEURONS;

EID: 85018323855     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00555.2016     Document Type: Article

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