The Geometry of Locomotive Behavioral States in C. elegans

We develop a new hidden Markov model-based method to analyze C elegans locomotive behavior and use this method to quantitatively characterize behavioral states. In agreement with previous work, we find states corresponding to roaming, dwelling, and quiescence. However, we also find evidence for a co...

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Main Authors: Gallagher, Thomas, Bjorness, Theresa, Greene, Robert, You, Young-Jai, Avery, Leon
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3610905/