Sensory neurons couple arousal and foraging decisions in Caenorhabditis elegans

Foraging animals optimize feeding decisions by adjusting both common and rare behavioral patterns. Here, we characterize the relationship between an animal’s arousal state and a rare decision to leave a patch of bacterial food. Using long-term tracking and behavioral state classification, we find th...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Elias Scheer, Cornelia I Bargmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2023-12-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/88657