Antagonistic regulation of salt and sugar chemotaxis plasticity by a single chemosensory neuron in Caenorhabditis elegans.
The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans memorizes various external chemicals, such as ions and odorants, during feeding. Here we find that C. elegans is attracted to the monosaccharides glucose and fructose after exposure to these monosaccharides in the presence of food; however, it avoids them without...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2023-09-01
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Series: | PLoS Genetics |
Online Access: | https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1010637&type=printable |