Bidirectional regulation of thermotaxis by glutamate transmissions in Caenorhabditis elegans

This paper provides a molecular and genetic analysis of the neural circuitry that regulates the migration of Caenorhabditis elegans towards either warmer or colder temperature and reveals an important role of glutamate signalling in this process.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ohnishi, Noriyuki, Kuhara, Atsushi, Nakamura, Fumiya, Okochi, Yoshifumi, Mori, Ikue
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3094115/