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Hypoxia activates a latent circuit for processing gustatory information in C. elegans.
Nature neuroscience - 1 May 2010
Pocock Roger, Hobert Oliver
Abstract excerpt
Dedicated neuronal circuits enable animals to engage in specific behavioral responses to environmental stimuli. We found that hypoxic stress enhanced gustatory sensory perception via previously unknown circuitry in Caenorhabditis elegans. The hypoxia-inducible transcription factor HIF-1 upregulated serotonin (5-HT) expression in specific sensory neurons that are not normally required for chemosensation. 5-HT...
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