title: Sexual Dimorphism: Mystery Neurons Control Sex-Specific Behavioral Plasticity.
abstract: Sexual dimorphisms in the neurons and circuits of males and females control sex-specific behaviors that characterize each sex. A recent study describes a pair of newly discovered, male-specific neurons in C. elegans that control a sex-specific learning behavior termed sexual conditioning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Hart
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York, USA. Electronic address: or38@columbia.edu.
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hobert
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal