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SUBMITTER: Peymen K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6380545 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Peymen Katleen K Watteyne Jan J Borghgraef Charline C Van Sinay Elien E Beets Isabel I Schoofs Liliane L
PLoS genetics 20190219 2
Aversive learning and memories are crucial for animals to avoid previously encountered stressful stimuli and thereby increase their chance of survival. Neuropeptides are essential signaling molecules in the brain and are emerging as important modulators of learned behaviors, but their precise role is not well understood. Here, we show that neuropeptides of the evolutionarily conserved MyoInhibitory Peptide (MIP)-family modify salt chemotaxis behavior in Caenorhabditis elegans according to previo ...[more]