The Parallel Worm Tracker: a platform for measuring average speed and drug-induced paralysis in nematodes.

Caenorhabditis elegans locomotion is a simple behavior that has been widely used to dissect genetic components of behavior, synaptic transmission, and muscle function. Many of the paradigms that have been created to study C. elegans locomotion rely on qualitative experimenter observation. Here we re...

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Main Authors: Daniel Ramot, Brandon E Johnson, Tommie L Berry, Lucinda Carnell, Miriam B Goodman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-05-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2373883?pdf=render