Nature Communications (Nov 2019)

A microfluidic-induced C. elegans sleep state

  • Daniel L. Gonzales,
  • Jasmine Zhou,
  • Bo Fan,
  • Jacob T. Robinson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13008-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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C. elegans sleep can be used to model neural state transitions. Here the authors show that adult C. elegans show quiescent sleep-like behavior when in a microfluidic chamber, and that this is regulated by temperature, mechanosensation and satiety.