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Stimulation of movement in a quiescent, hibernation-like form of Caenorhabditis elegans by dopamine signaling.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 3 Jun 2009
Gaglia Marta Maria, Kenyon Cynthia
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One of the characteristics of animals in hibernation is reduced behavioral activity. The Caenorhabditis elegans dauer state is a hibernation-like state of diapause that displays a dramatic reduction in spontaneous locomotion. A similar dauer-like quiescent state is produced in adults by relativel...
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