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Serotonin promotes G(o)-dependent neuronal migration in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Current biology : CB - 15 Oct 2002
Kindt Katie S, Tam Tobey, Whiteman Shaleah, Schafer William R
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BACKGROUND: The directed migration of neurons during development requires attractive and repulsive cues that control the direction of migration as well as permissive cues that potentiate cell motility and responsiveness to guidance molecules. RESULTS: Here, we show that the neurotransmitter serotonin functions as a permissive signal for embryonic and postembryonic neuronal migration in the nematode C. elegans. In...
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