Chemosensory neurons translate perception of external chemical cues, including odorants,
tastants, and pheromones, into information that drives attraction or avoidance motor …

Cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channels are nonselective cation channels first identified in
retinal photoreceptors and olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs). They are opened by the direct …

Myocardial infarction leads to loss of tissue and impairment of cardiac performance. The
remaining myocytes are unable to reconstitute the necrotic tissue, and the post-infarcted …

C. elegans has a highly developed chemosensory system that enables it to detect a wide
variety of volatile (olfactory) and water-soluble (gustatory) cues associated with food …

Neurotransmitter receptors, neurotransmitter synthesis and release pathways, and
heterotrimeric GTP–binding protein (G protein)–coupled second messenger pathways are …

We designed a real-time computer vision system, the Multi-Worm Tracker (MWT), which can
simultaneously quantify the behavior of dozens of Caenorhabditis elegans on a Petri plate at …

Animals must sense and acclimatize to environmental temperatures for survival, yet their
thermosensing mechanisms other than transient receptor potential (TRP) channels remain …

Ion channels are membrane proteins that act as gated pathways for the movement of ions
across cell membranes. They play essential roles in the physiology of all cells. In recent …

Because life is often unpredictable, dynamic, and complex, all animals have evolved
remarkable abilities to cope with changes in their external environment and internal …

Specialized oxygen-sensing cells in the nervous system generate rapid behavioural
responses to oxygen. We show here that the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans exhibits a …