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SUBMITTER: Procko C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3050665 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Procko Carl C Lu Yun Y Shaham Shai S
Development (Cambridge, England) 20110224 7
Neuronal receptive endings, such as dendritic spines and sensory protrusions, are structurally remodeled by experience. How receptive endings acquire their remodeled shapes is not well understood. In response to environmental stressors, the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans enters a diapause state, termed dauer, which is accompanied by remodeling of sensory neuron receptive endings. Here, we demonstrate that sensory receptive endings of the AWC neurons in dauers remodel in the confines of a compar ...[more]