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A diacylglycerol kinase modulates long-term thermotactic behavioral plasticity in C. elegans.
Nature neuroscience - 1 Dec 2006
Biron David, Shibuya Mayumi, Gabel Christopher, Wasserman Sara M, Clark Damon A, Brown Adam, Sengupta Piali, Samuel Aravinthan D T
Abstract excerpt
A memory of prior thermal experience governs Caenorhabditis elegans thermotactic behavior. On a spatial thermal gradient, C. elegans tracks isotherms near a remembered temperature we call the thermotactic set-point (T(S)). The T(S) corresponds to the previous cultivation temperature and can be reset by sustained exposure to a new temperature. The mechanisms underlying this behavioral plasticity are unknown,...
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