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Nicotine-motivated behavior in Caenorhabditis elegans requires the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits acr-5 and acr-15.
The European journal of neuroscience - 1 Mar 2013
Sellings Laurie, Pereira Schreiber, Qian Cheng, Dixon-McDougall Thomas, Nowak Christina, Zhao Bin, Tyndale Rachel F, van der Kooy Derek
Abstract excerpt
Signaling at nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in Caenorhabditis elegans controls many behaviors, including egg-laying and locomotor activity. Here, we show that C. elegans approaches a point source of nicotine in a time-, concentration- and age-dependent manner. Additionally, nicotine paired wit...
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