Should I stay or should I go: neuromodulators of behavioral states

Cell. 2013 Aug 29;154(5):955-956. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2013.08.017.

Abstract

Animals are often in discrete behavioral states, but it is unclear how one specific state is generated and opposes alternative states. Flavell et al. now identify molecular and neural components in C. elegans that are involved in the generation of dwelling and roaming states.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Caenorhabditis elegans / physiology*
  • Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / metabolism*
  • Neuropeptides / metabolism*
  • Serotonin / metabolism*
  • Signal Transduction*

Substances

  • Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins
  • Neuropeptides
  • PDF protein, C elegans
  • Serotonin