Mechanisms of Plasticity in a Caenorhabditis elegans Mechanosensory Circuit
Despite having a small nervous system (302 neurons) and relatively short lifespan (14-21 days), the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans has a substantial ability to change its behavior in response to experience. The behaviour discussed here is the tap withdrawal response, whereby the worm crawls backwar...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2013-08-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Physiology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2013.00088/full |