High neural activity accelerates the decline of cognitive plasticity with age in Caenorhabditis elegans

The ability to learn progressively declines with age. Neural hyperactivity has been implicated in impairing cognitive plasticity with age, but the molecular mechanisms remain elusive. Here, we show that chronic excitation of the Caenorhabditis elegans O2-sensing neurons during ageing causes a rapid...

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Main Authors: Qiaochu Li, Daniel-Cosmin Marcu, Ottavia Palazzo, Frances Turner, Declan King, Tara L Spires-Jones, Melanie I Stefan, Karl Emanuel Busch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2020-11-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/59711

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