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Nematodes learn: now what?

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A study in Nature reports that nematodes can learn to associate different chemosensory stimuli with illness and to avoid these stimuli in a choice test. Elevated serotonin in a particular type of neuron was critical for this learning.

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Figure 1: Discriminative learning in C. elegans.

Jessica Iannuzzi

Figure 2: Pathogenic bacteria elevate ADF neuron serotonin levels.

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Quinn, W. Nematodes learn: now what?. Nat Neurosci 8, 1639–1640 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn1205-1639

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