Sensory perception of food and insulin-like signals influence seizure susceptibility.

Food deprivation is known to affect physiology and behavior. Changes that occur could be the result of the organism's monitoring of internal and external nutrient availability. In C. elegans, male mating is dependent on food availability; food-deprived males mate with lower efficiency compared...

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Main Authors: Todd R Gruninger, Daisy G Gualberto, L Rene Garcia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-07-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2432499?pdf=render