Title: | Sexual attraction: sex-specific wiring of neural circuitry |
Author(s): | Frady EP; Palmer CR; Kristan WB; |
Address: | "Section of Neurobiology, Division of Biological Sciences, UC San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0357, USA" |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.cub.2012.10.003 |
ISSN/ISBN: | 1879-0445 (Electronic) 0960-9822 (Print) 0960-9822 (Linking) |
Abstract: | Two recent studies describe mechanisms by which sexually dimorphic responses to pheromones in the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans are driven by differences in the balance of neural circuits that control attraction and repulsion behaviors |
Keywords: | "Animals Caenorhabditis elegans/*physiology Choice Behavior/physiology Connectome Female Male Neurons/*physiology Sex Attractants/*physiology Sexual Behavior, Animal/*physiology;" |
Notes: | "MedlineFrady, E Paxon Palmer, Christopher R Kristan, William B Jr eng T32 MH020002/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ T32 NS061847/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ England 2012/11/24 Curr Biol. 2012 Nov 20; 22(22):R953-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.10.003" |