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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Main Authors: Masahiro Tomioka, Yusuke Umemura, Yutaro Ueoka, Risshun Chin, Keita Katae, Chihiro Uchiyama, Yasuaki Ike, Yuichi Iino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-09-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1010637&type=printable