Irrational behavior in C. elegans arises from asymmetric modulatory effects within single sensory neurons

Shachar Iwanir; Rotem Ruach; Eyal Itskovits; Christian O. Pritz; Eduard Bokman; Alon Zaslaver

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-11163-3

Nature Communications (Jul 2019)

Irrational behavior in C. elegans arises from asymmetric modulatory effects within single sensory neurons

Shachar Iwanir,
Rotem Ruach,
Eyal Itskovits,
Christian O. Pritz,
Eduard Bokman,
Alon Zaslaver

Affiliations

Shachar Iwanir: Department of Genetics, Silberman Institute of Life Science, Edmond J. Safra Campus, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Rotem Ruach: Department of Genetics, Silberman Institute of Life Science, Edmond J. Safra Campus, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Eyal Itskovits: Department of Genetics, Silberman Institute of Life Science, Edmond J. Safra Campus, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Christian O. Pritz: Department of Genetics, Silberman Institute of Life Science, Edmond J. Safra Campus, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Eduard Bokman: Department of Genetics, Silberman Institute of Life Science, Edmond J. Safra Campus, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Alon Zaslaver: Department of Genetics, Silberman Institute of Life Science, Edmond J. Safra Campus, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11163-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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C. elegans worms exhibit an innate preference for various stimuli. Here the authors test the pairwise behavioral preference between a large set of stimuli and report that the worms’ behavior does not conform to rationality theory due to asymmetric modulatory effects within single sensory neurons.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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