Distinct Neural Circuits Control Rhythm Inhibition and Spitting by the Myogenic Pharynx of C. elegans

Neural circuits have long been known to modulate myogenic muscles such as the heart, yet a mechanistic understanding at the cellular and molecular levels remains limited. We studied how light inhibits pumping of the Caenorhabditis elegans pharynx, a myogenic muscular pump for feeding, and found thre...

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Main Authors: Bhatla, Nikhil, Droste, Rita, Sando, Steven Robert, Huang, Anne, Horvitz, Howard Robert
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Elsevier 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/109081
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1693-4524
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1101-9810
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9964-9613