Internal states drive nutrient homeostasis by modulating exploration-exploitation trade-off

Internal states can profoundly alter the behavior of animals. A quantitative understanding of the behavioral changes upon metabolic challenges is key to a mechanistic dissection of how animals maintain nutritional homeostasis. We used an automated video tracking setup to characterize how amino acid...

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Main Authors: Verónica María Corrales-Carvajal, Aldo A Faisal, Carlos Ribeiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2016-10-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/19920