title: Dendrite plasticity: branching out for greener pastures.
abstract: Environmental stress triggers substantial alterations in animal physiology and, in some cases, brain structure. Using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, a new study reports that unfavorable conditions lead to dramatic dendrite remodeling in neurons that mediate an adaptive dispersal behavior.
authors: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
authors: Matthew P
authors: MP
authors: Klassen
authors: Quan
authors: Q
authors: Yuan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000502:physiology*; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D045683:Furin / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D045683:Furin
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