Serotonin-dependent kinetics of feeding bursts underlie a graded response to food availability in C. elegans

Autor: Kyung Suk Lee, Shachar Iwanir, Ronen B. Kopito, Monika Scholz, John A. Calarco, David Biron, Erel Levine
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14221
Popis: Regulating food intake is an important physiological mechanism. Here, the authors use a custom microfluidic device to investigate feeding dynamics inC. elegans, and identify roles of serotonergic neurons in regulating bursts of feeding in response to food availability.
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