Nematode behavior: the taste of success, the smell of danger!
Through experience, the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans learns to distinguish high quality bacteria--food--from low quality or toxic bacteria. Increased release of the neurotransmitter serotonin onto identified interneurons determines whether C. elegans chooses to feed or leave.
Rankin
Catharine H
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Department of Psychology and Brain Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D002633:Chemotaxis / Q000502:physiology; D002755:Choice Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D007395:Interneurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D011978:Receptors, Nicotinic / Q000235:genetics; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism*
D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; C487508:Eat-2 protein, C elegans; D011978:Receptors, Nicotinic; D012701:Serotonin