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Parallel Multimodal Circuits Control an Innate Foraging Behavior

  • Alejandro López-Cruz
  • , Aylesse Sordillo
  • , Navin Pokala
  • , Qiang Liu
  • , Patrick T. McGrath
  • , Cornelia I. Bargmann*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Journal Publications and ReviewsRGC 21 - Publication in refereed journalpeer-review

Abstract

Animals engage in local search behavior after recent encounters with food-related sensory cues. López-Cruz et al. show that parallel chemosensory or mechanosensory circuits can independently trigger local search after food removal in C. elegans, each using a similar glutamate receptor module.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)407-419.e8
JournalNeuron
Volume102
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 17 Apr 2019
Externally publishedYes

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Research Keywords

  • feeding circuits
  • glutamate receptors
  • sensory integration

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