Decoding the intensity of sensory input by two glutamate receptors in one C. elegans interneuron

Little is known about how stimuli of different intensities result in different behavioral outcomes in C. elegans. In this study, the authors demonstrate how distinct signal patterns, involving different glutamate receptors, in a single interneuron AIB can encode differential behavioral outputs depen...

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Main Authors: Wenjuan Zou, Jiajun Fu, Haining Zhang, Kang Du, Wenming Huang, Junwei Yu, Shitian Li, Yuedan Fan, Howard A. Baylis, Shangbang Gao, Rui Xiao, Wei Ji, Lijun Kang, Tao Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06819-5
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Summary:Little is known about how stimuli of different intensities result in different behavioral outcomes in C. elegans. In this study, the authors demonstrate how distinct signal patterns, involving different glutamate receptors, in a single interneuron AIB can encode differential behavioral outputs depending on the stimulus intensity
ISSN:2041-1723