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based on (i) proteins that were located at different structural components of the sarcomere, (ii) mutants that have been previously characterized For locomotion assays, 10 worms of each genotype to be tested are transferred using minimal bacteria to one copper ring per genotype on unseeded plates containing no ethanol The kinetic energy derived from the two types of motion describes the extent of how active the C elegans candidate latrophilin-like receptors in the mode of action of emodepside elegans locomotion in 2-D elegans Degenerin Family Primary sequences of R13A1_4 and E02H4_1 were verified by sequencing cDNAs or RT–PCR products elegans is known Schematic: Durbin 1986 Each worm has exactly 302 neurons, with about 7,369 chemical synapses & 975 gap junctions elegans neural network is symmetry detection The primary contributions of this thesis are centered around four topics: the development of the PDMS micropillar array and its application to study C thuringiensis was unable to 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soil-dwelling nematode C ) The locomotory circuit of C Little is known about the circuit mechanisms that establish these quiescent states Nektarios Nicolaou Tavernarakis; 2 мая 1967, Ираклион, Крит, Греция ) — греческий биолог, занимающийся изучением Animal behavior is critically dependent on the activity of neuropeptides elegans for Forward Locomotion (2011) Taizo Kawano et al elegans is a very simple organism ShownIsa SequenceAlignment ofR13A1_4,E02H4_1,andCharacterized Members of the C ELEGANS ODOR BEHAVIOR; Worms may seem like simple organisms, but they can sense and remember many things such as cultivation temperature, toxic foods, and smells The system Introduction This approach consists of tracking the temporal A number of computational models of C The 95 body wall muscle cells, arranged in four longitudinal bundles, form the striated muscle system in C 2012, Wen et al KW - C Animals showed increased levels of activity, compared to control worms, immediately after pre-exposure to Here we describe how C One such example is the waveform generator22 consisting of sinusoidal channels a Author to whom correspondence should addressed The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is a widely adopted model organism for studying various neurobiological processes at the molecular and cellular level in vivo elegans (Podcast Episode 2020) on IMDb: Plot summary, synopsis, and more Enter the email address you signed up with and we'll email you a reset link The system The nematode worm C pdf Nematode locomotion dissecting the neuronal–environmental loop - Cohen, Sanders - 2014 elegans muscular forces and locomotion metrics (speed, amplitude and wavelength) in one single assay Νεκτάριος Νικολάου Ταβερναράκης, англ Non-directional body movements are collectively referred to as dwelling behavior elegans generates rhythmic and propagating body bends that propel either forward or back-ward locomotion Kawano T, Po MD, Gao S, Leung G, Ryu WS, Zhen M Neuron N4 elegans for forward locomotion elegans possesses a single orthologue of human NCS-1 PLoS Computational Biology, 0(7): C elegans mutants elegans behavior identified several sets of mechanosensory neurons whose activation strongly affects locomotion (Chalfie and Sulston, 1981; Kaplan and Horvitz, 1993; Li et al [48] The smallest nematodes are microscopic, while free-living species can reach as much as 5 cm (2 in), and some parasitic species are larger still, reaching over 1 m (3 ft) in length Specifically, it has The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is a widely adopted model organism for studying various neurobiological processes at the molecular and cellular level in vivo elegans (b) Top view of the PDMS micropillar matrix used for combined force measurement and locomotion studies §For example, sax-7 genetically interacts with rab-3, locomotion Here, in an attempt to circumvent potential caveats related to overexpression, novel transgenic AD models were In this work we take a step toward this goal by presenting a 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bases internacionales et al elegans’ compact nervous system of only 302 neurons and small size of only 1 mm make it ideally suited for the development of new whole-brain imaging techniques for studying behavior While it is generally believed that CPG circuits underlie most rhythmic behaviours [82], there is an alternative hypothesis in the case of the worm Using an automated particle-tracking system for the analysis of C Recent experimental observations of C 1 Effects of coupling and Gill, M elegans Blastomere Dissection A Method to Remove the Eggshell and Dissociate Embryonic Cells Consistent to this finding, in OW13 worms, a PD-model characterized by α-synuclein expression in muscles, HD exhibited a significant higher effect on α-synuclein accumulation and swim performance than HT, an effect C elegans dynamin gene, dyn-1, and the discovery of a temperature-sensitive dyn-I mutant The platform we created is inexpensive and simple to setup, allowing for easy entry into the field of 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novel locomotion switch, regulated by Gαs signaling FRPR-4 Is a G-Protein Coupled Neuropeptide Receptor That Regulates Behavioral FRPR-4 Is a G-Protein Coupled Neuropeptide Receptor That Regulates Behavioral Quiescence and Posture in Caenorhabditis elegans The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is a widely adopted model organism for studying various neurobiological processes at the molecular and cellular level in vivo The system throughput application of C elegans so that the worm’s body muscle cells (as its “actuators”) can be automatically controlled through an optogenetic method, which allows us to regulate the locomotion of a living C Caenorhabditis elegans (C elegans and is An organism's ability to move freely is a fundamental behaviour in the animal kingdom Current Opinion in Neurobiology 33, 117-126 (2015) With all of the information that is available on this simple organism, \\emph{C In fact, when C Navigation can be slow and methodical such as an annual migration, or purely 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movement patterns of C elegans worms Here, developmental age was The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is a widely adopted model organism for studying various neurobiological processes at the molecular and cellular level in vivo 86%, head thrashes by 27 ' Sensory olfactory cues also initiate downstream neuroendocrine signaling that controls aging, learning, demanding locomotion mode for C Boyle JH, Tassieri M, Hope IA, Cohen N Epelde, D Ethanol Fixation and DAPI Staining A Method to Visualize DNA in C Here, we describe “time-off-pick" (TOP), a novel assay Strategies for automated analysis of C elegans were explored on a biologically and structurally relevant length scale, and the elastic properties of the body were quantified This is the only group of C Pp 9-39 A Neuronal Acetylcholine Receptor Regulates the Balance of Muscle Excitation and Inhibition in Caenorhabditis elegans locomotion elegans, a widely-studied model organism in biology elegans neuronal network is far from random yet is statistically similar in many respects to other natural networks , 2010) edu We found that worm speed is a promising parameter for differentiating between locomotive modes, and between unstimulated and photo-evasive locomotion Body wall muscle is essential for locomotion in C Previous research I have performed on this model organism was aimed at discovering which neurons in Caenorhabditis elegans, a free-living soil nematode, displays a rich variety of body shapes and trajectories during its undulatory locomotion in complex environments elegans have a simple analytical description in curvature repr These are DPY-13 mutant C , 2012; Fang-Yen et al All in all the knowledge base for this modelling feat is very incomplete and hence all Locomotive behaviors are a rapid evaluation indicator reflecting whether the nervous system of worms is damaged, and has been proved to be sensitive to chemical toxicity When worms swim in low-load environments, such as water, the bending wave has along wavelength (1 elegans on short timescales (on the order of 1 second) can be heuristically divided to four categories: (1) forward locomotion, which consists of the propagation of dorsoventral body bends, from the anterior to the posterior, originating at the head; (2) backward locomotion, which consists of An imbalancing act: gap junctions reduce the backward motor circuit activity to bias C Caenorhabditis elegans has a simple yet highly developed nervous system -elegans-generated-by-a-connectome-based-network-model elegans using a microscope The three temperature treatments used were 11°C, 17°C and Results US National Institutes of Health, the UK Medical Research Council and the UK Biotechnology and The experimental results suggest at least three non-mutually exclusive roles for inhibition that could underlie fast undulatory locomotion in C We demonstrate the workability of the microfluidic platform on free living Caenorhabditis elegans (wild-type N2 and levamisole resistant ZZ15 lev-8) and parasitic Role of NCS-1 in temperature-dependent locomotion in C “Sensory Neurons Arouse C 2012) " The investigations of the Texas Tech research group already pose a new, important and open question the PDMS device to get the velocity and amplitude of crawling C elegans, which lives ~ 21 days in the lab, is a premier model organism in which longevity and healthspan can be studied to reveal conserved molecular mechanisms operative Zhen, M Here, we deciphered the likely polarities of seven pre-motor neurons implicated in the control of worm's locomotion, using a combination of experimental and computational o C The connectome of C VNC motor neurons are grouped into five classes, each with different neuron numbers: A (21), B (18), D (19), VC (6), and AS (11) In this dissertation, I aimed to investigate escape response behavior in the nematode C A Thus, despite intermediate behaviors being reported for another nematode species (Wallace, 1958), C Numerous motility assays that measure neuro-muscular function have been employed using C elegans forward locomotion elegans, we report that proprioception within the motor circuit is responsible for propagating and coordinating OpenWorm is an international open science project to simulate the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans at the cellular level as a simulation elegans (2013) C elegans swim behavior reveals novel features of locomotion This bottom up simulation is being pursued by the OpenWorm community elegans, sax-7, and genes that function in the synaptic vesicle cycle, revealing a role for L1 genes in In this work, a 3D undulatory locomotion model inspired by Caenorhabditis elegans is constructed When crawling orswim-minginhigh-loadenvironments 10,000-foldmoreviscousthan C elegans homolog of an alpha subunit of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is an intracellular fuel sensor that regulates cellular energy homeostasis and C elegans propels itself forward or backward by the sequential contraction of 95 muscle cells arranged in four quadrants along the body (Altun and Hall, We investigated the neural representation of locomotion in the nematode C They have bands of muscle that run along the length of their body for movement elegans feeding states elegans is a very powerful model system for studying fundamental biological problems, which is highlighted by the award of two recent Noble prizes (Physiology or Medicine, 2002 and 2006) to scientists studying C The primary goal of my project is to better understand how forward locomotion is driven in the nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans elegans is a model organism for comprehensive investigations spanning genetics , , neural control , , sensory transduction , behavior , and locomotion , elegans undergoes periods of behavioral quiescence during larval molts (termed lethargus) and as adults elegans on nematode growth medium (NGM) plates in challenging tracking scenarios: (A) interaction between 2 worms, (B) coiling with self occlusion of the worm contour, (C) high amplitude bending We report on a novel analytical approach that provides real-time analysis of freely swimming C elegans without dependence on microscope-based equipment Abrielle (Brie) Fretz, BSc in Biology, MSc in Physiology Our focus is at the levels from neuronal network to behavior and we have projects that address the connectivity, activity, and recovery from injury, of the locomotion network Illustrative images of C elegans head The effect of temperature pre-exposure on locomotion and chemotaxis of the soil-dwelling nematode Caenorhabditis elegans has been extensively studied elegans expressing the optogenetic protein Chrimson in the six gentle touch receptor neurons (AVM, ALML, ALMR, PVM, PLML, and PLMR) under a mec-4 promoter as the animals crawled on agar in a 9-cm dish elegans is placed in water (M9 buffer), the crawling behavior is re-placed by swimming (fast thrashing motion) elegans locomotion traits with regard to learning Le kovský, G The locomotion of the C & Samuel, A Future work will use the real worms in the setup and a more precise camera Genetics 206, 265–282 (2017) elegans becomes a challenging task elegans are 1 elegans larvae to DR, i elegans body wall muscle that mediates locomotion is likely the focus for most energy expenditure during swimming Under these conditions there are no barriers to movement Models so far have therefore mostly focused on the simple case of forward movement on a solid surface or gel elegans possess exactly eight DA neurons, containing two pairs of cephalic (CEP) neurons and one pair of anterior deirid (ADE) In this paper we use persistent homology to study the locomotion of C elegans) and on neuronal and muscular activity patterns that control forward locomotion In Caenorhabditis elegans , olfaction is an essential behavior that determines various behavioral functions such as locomotion, feeding and development elegans is synchronized at multiple levels of the neural circuit and involves diverse sensory cues that are integrated by sensory neurons and further processed by the interneurons ultimately resulting in adjustments at the neuromuscular junction (NMJ) (Bargmann 2012; de Bono and Maricq 2005 ) , 2016) in a conserved, mixed electric and chemical synapse configuration One variant of this model is based on a larval stage in C LEARNING & MEMORY Analysis of NPR-1 Reveals a Circuit Mechanism for Behavioral Quiescence in C elegans has rapidly grown in popularity and is now utilized in numerous research endeavors, from studying the forces at work during locomotion to studies of neural circuitry ox PubMed Article Plasmids from Article Kaplan This provides a unique opportunity to discern the respective roles of mechanosensation (perception and proprioception) and mechanics in the regulation of locomotion and in the gait Results This model takes into account many facets of the organism including size, shape, weight distribution, muscle placement, and muscle force Removal from food results in increased locomotion In document C (2003) the method was used to investigate the similarities between different behavioral patterns based on their clustering Caenorhabditis elegans (C The behavior of C These results should help plan Locomotion of C elegans motor circuit organizes bending waves along its body during locomotion is poorly understood elegans orthologue of the Machado-Joseph disease protein ataxin-3 The tiny nematode Caenorhabditis elegans has emerged as an excellent system to study the molecular mechanisms underlying this imbalance in neuronal circuits The nematode Caernohabditis elegans possesses one of the simplest central nervous systems, and by far the best characterized A null ncs-1 C elegans neural system during free The FMRFamide-related neuropeptide FLP-20 is required in the mechanosensory neurons during memory for massed training in C [PMC free article] C elegans exhibits similar physiological functions to humans, such as locomotion decreasing and harmful metabolites increasing with age elegans using dynamic neural network approach Observations of life span and locomotion demonstrated that the intake of krill oil increased median survival by 17 2976/1 67 body bends after being in their environment for 60 minutes PDF | On Apr 3, 2015, Mei Zhen and others published C elegans moves by propagating bending waves along its body and when confined to the surface of an agar plate, this motion occurs in two dimensions, making it possible to capture its behavior using a single camera ” The locomotion, lifespan, body, and brood sizes of C elegans Nikhil Bhatla January 9, 2013 MIT IAP The goal of this project is to draw upon these many resources in order to construct integrated brain-body-environment models of C he popular model organism Caenorhabditis elegans is a tiny nematode worm with a largely The activity of an animal’s brain contains information about that animal’s actions and movements Abstract elegans locomotion, a behavior that serves as the foundation for all other behaviors that this animal exhibits Relevant Single-copy tau mutants that mimic Tauopathy-associated PTMs impact behavior Single Cell Dissociation of Caenorhabditis elegans A Method to Isolate Live Cells Merino, P elegans neurons are often bilaterally symmetric, so I call something a neuron but what I mean is that it is a class of neurons, from 1 to more The small nematode C Challenging scenes such as these are common occurrences during normal worm locomotion elegans, the first stage is to model the worm's locomotion by simulating the 302 neurons and 95 muscle cells As we were not interested in the two adaptive responses of C elegans (Bristol N2 strain) post L4-to-adult molt are illustrated in Fig Bryden J, Cohen N (2008) Neural control of caenorhabditis elegans forward locomotion: the 173 role of sensory feedback NEURON An Image-Free Opto-Mechanical System for Creating Virtual Environments and Imaging Neuronal Activity in Freely Moving Caenorhabditis elegans C Thus, locomotion is implemented via the temporal modulation of body-posture38,39,40 1e) elegans serves as a model system with which to study low Reynolds number undulatory locomotion, particularly in fluids with an embedded microstructure that is comparable in size to the swimmer These results should help plan Pa ge 6/ 17 We assume that the toxic substances released from the cuboids might affect the fertility of C elegans when binding occurs between the toxin and a subset of receptors in the organism’s intestinal track In C Particularly relevant to this work are microfluidic devices8,9,22,23 that allow the obser-vation of C elegans, we report that proprioception within the motor circuit is responsible for propagating and coordinating Acetylcholine is an abundant neurotransmitter in all animals elegans locomotion: Small circuits, complex functions | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate 2 elegans elegans calcineurin has been implicated in diverse behaviors including locomotion, thermosensation and chemosensation [25, 26 C 14-Days Motility Assay for 100 N2, 100 GMC101 + Bexarotene, and 100 GMC101 Strains of -J Our experiments on hermaphrodite C elegans locomotion as its gait adapts to the mechanical load imposed by the environment (Berri et al 2, with comparison of PT-containing bacterial food and normal OP50 food Elegans is divided into linear motion and curl motion • SLIDES: Electrophysiology examples EXCITATORY CIRCUITS: Touch-induced locomotion o Types of touch avoidance Results elegans Locomotion via Both Glutamate and Neuropeptide Release , 2006) In this paper, we report on a micropillar-based on-chip system which is capable of quantifying multi-point locomotive forces of a Since its introduction as a laboratory organism 50 years ago, the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans has become one of the most widely used and versatile models for nearly all aspects of biological and genomic research Synaptic wiring of the adult locomotor system has been depicted by serial elec- venting further locomotion 5 mm long 2 elegans has been used to model various human ageing-associated neurodegenerative diseases and provide an extensive list of compounds that have therapeutic activity in these worm models and so may have translational potential 1), we follow one worm as it moves on the surface of an agar plate Exploring the effects of temperature on locomotion can give insight on how more complex ectotherms may react to an increase in temperature elegans is typically described as either swimming or crawling—two distinct gaits, each Caenorhabditis elegans is a well-established model organism and has been gaining interest particularly related to worm locomotion and the investigation of the relationship between muscle arms and the motion pattern of the nematode 174 6 In this work, we introduce a locomotion model for C Smooth mechanical propagating waves propel the worm's body through a wide variety of environments as a result of both highly coordinated motor output and finely tuned The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is a widely adopted model organism for studying various neurobiological processes at the molecular and cellular level in vivo elegans (var Effects of Aging on the Basic Biology and Anatomy of C elegans by recording population calcium activity during movement Tau expression via conventional extrachromosomal transgenic arrays in C elegans Ca 2+ /calmodulin protein kinase II (CaMKII), controls locomotion rate Even when all premotor interneurons are ablated (Kawano et al A set of locomotion parameters (i The Additionally, we have developed a time-independent algorithm for automatically segmenting and tracking each neuron across a recording elegans movement deflecting the micropillars in the PDMS device elegans has both striated and non-striated muscles The nematode Caenorhabditis Elegans has become an important model organism for many areas of biological research including genetics, development, and neurobiology elegans; in Olsen, M We map the neuronal network of the worm as a multilayer network that takes into account various neurotransmitters and The activity of an animal’s brain contains information about that animal’s actions and movements ID Plasmid Purpose Visible phenotypes based on locomotion and posture have played a critical role in understanding the molecular basis of behavior and development in Caenorhabditis elegans and other model organisms There is a long and rich history of studying and quantifying the behavior of freely moving C Introduced quantities are illustrated on a couple of real two-dimensional C MRNs may Cherra SJ 3rd, Goncharov A, Boassa D, Ellisman M, Jin Y elegans Locomotion and Behavior Authors Thomas, Ashleigh; Bates, Kathleen; Elchesen, Alex; Hartsock, Iryna; Lu, Hang; Bubenik, Peter; Type Published Article Journal Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence Publisher Frontiers Media S 1986) In both vertebrates and invertebrates, chains of coupled central pattern generators (CPGs) are commonly evoked to explain local rhythmic behaviors Eight of these neurons synthesize dopamine (Sulston elegans, we tracked individual animals on large 22 cm622 cm agar plates using two different imaging set-ups elegans under DR (also referred as "low food conditions"; see Materials and Methods) 2 (d) occurs typically in water The conventional wisdom is that two kinematically distinct C In general, approximately 300 eggs are hatched in the entire lifetime of a healthy nematode Elegans locomotion in a lattice of obstacles indicate that the worm can achieve speeds as much as an order of The C elegans that showed a slight increase of the number of body Results elegans than crawl-ing, requiring enhanced energy as compared to the cog-nate immobilized baseline (Fig In the integrated model, communication between DB and VB neurons is mediated by a combination of muscle inhibition, neural inhibition and physical forces of the body and environment elegans on a microscope slide at 40X magnification Our methods allow us to distinguish and classify videos from various environmental conditions and we analyze the Olivares et al elegans in Newtonian fluids to explore possibilities in Caenorhabditis elegans has a simple yet highly developed nervous system elegans has been shown to severely impact neuronal morphology and function [31, 40] 1a) UNC-1 regulates gap junctions important to locomotion in C To bridge the current gap, we present the investigation of C , 2011) 3 Model analysis 9 We report that a neural population more accurately decodes locomotion than any single neuron 2011 Circuits The present study demonstrates that the endogenous cannabinoid receptor agonists 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG) and anandamide (AEA) activate a canonical cannabinoid receptor in Caenorhabditis elegans and The perception of our surrounding environment is an amalgamation of stimuli detected by sensory neurons elegans (Rossignol et al elegans biology, a timeline of the many milestones in its short but storied history, and finally a few exciting The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is a widely adopted model organism for studying various neurobiological processes at the molecular and cellular level in vivo elegans, we report that proprioception within the motor circuit is responsible for propagating and coordinating Inspired by its simple musculature, actuation and motion mechanisms, we have developed a small crawling robot that closely mimics the model organism of our choice: Caenorhabditis elegans We first set up an experimental system for growing C The logic of the motor circuit is an The C in Liquid Media A C elegans forward locomotion is applied, which demonstrates the ability to qualitatively and quantitatively account for locomotion across a range of media from water to agar, as well as in more complex (heterogeneous) environments 1 to 2 We developed a closed-loop targeted optical delivery system to illuminate specified regions, such as the head or tail, in populations of C How sensory input is translated into a fast behavioral output to execute goal oriented locomotion remains elusive The system Neurobiology of Caenorhabditis elegans Locomotion Where Do We Stand - Gjorgjieva, Biron, Haspel - 2014(3) elegans exhibits a rich repertoire of complex behaviors, the majority of which are mediated by its adaptive undulatory locomotion The system The free-living nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is the simplest animal model organism to work with elegans locomotion analysis using algorithmic information theory 3389/frai elegans ILs constitutively expressing α-synuclein Steps: Each participant will be given three different strains of worms with distinct locomotion patterns: N2 (wild type/control), unc-54(uncoordinated omega shape), and rol-9 (circular C This is a C elegans and knowledge from other related species These three parameters were determined across all four locomotive modes for two worms elegans mating (); 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the Texas Tech research group already pose a new, important and open question of how 3-D body postures involved in roll maneuvers are actuated by, essentially, a two-dimensional network of neural connections This model incorporates the results of the preliminary investigation of muscle, body and locomotion properties From the results obtained in this experiment, we reject our null hypothesis(Ho) and support our alternate hypothesis (Ha) Substantial knowledge and tools have accumulated over 50 years of C elegans locomotion Authors Steven D Buckingham 1 , David B Sattelle Affiliation 1 MRC Functional Genomics Unit, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QX, UK Skandari R, Le Bihan N, Manton JH 3 buckingham@anat The 95% confidence interval determines the reliability of the statistical Nile Red Staining of C elegans was analyzed using two of its properties, speed and wavelength Holdings ( 3 ) Title notes ( 2 ) TOC; Holdings; Item 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biological processes Otaduy Subject: CEIG Spanish Computer Graphics Inhibition underlies fast undulatory locomotion in C elegans (N2) and two mutants (lev-8 and unc-38) These worms have had a large deletion in their DPY-13 gene, halting the production of collagen, used to form their shape in the L4 molting stage, causing their odd Locomotion in C elegans homologues of subunits of calcineurin phosphatase subunits A and B respectively, are expressed in many tissues, including sensory neurons, interneurons and muscles [25, 26] inhibition elegans upon gentle stimuli to the mechanosensory neurons AVM, ALM, and/or PLML (ARRD-17), a Novel Substrate of Calcineurin, Is Critical for Modulation of Egg-Laying and Locomotion in Response to Food and Lysine Sensation in Caenorhabditis elegans 2013 J 4 How the C The model described in this paper differs from previous models in four main ways Second, large numbers of genetically identical animals can be easily grown under controlled environmental conditions The availability of larger recordings of the C The first chapter is an introduction to the anatomy of the C elegans in two settings These data demonstrate that SLO-1 can act The simple undulatory gait of the small nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans, along with its well characterised nervous system make it an ideal organism for studying the neural control of locomotion 57 LOC classification: QL391 elegans to achieve integrated locomotion assay Relevant signals are distributed As C elegans datasets to investigate We investigate how locomotory behavior is generated in the brain focusing on the paradigmatic connectome of nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (C Gene knockouts are a commonly used tool for biologists to These data show that emodepside has an inhibitory action on locomotion and that its action in the nematode motor nervous system is likely to be presynaptic to the neuromuscular junction , & Chen, Q locomotion, which are expected to have identifi - able physiological 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