Glia-derived neurons are required for sex-specific learning in C. Elegans

Nature

Volumn 526, Issue 7573, 2015, Pages 385-390

  Sammut, Michele ^a   Cook, Steven J ^b   Nguyen, Ken C Q ^b   Felton, Terry ^a   Hall, David H ^a   Emmons, Scott W ^b   Poole, Richard J ^a   Barrios, Arantza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BRAIN; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; LEARNING; NEMATODE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL MATURITY;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMOTAXIS; CONDITIONING; GLIA CELL; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL MATURATION; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CELL DIVISION; CELL SEPARATION; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CLASSIFICATION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CYTOLOGY; GLIA; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE TRACT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; METAZOA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; CELL SEPARATION; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CHEMOTAXIS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; INTERNEURONS; LEARNING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEUROGENESIS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEXUAL MATURATION; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84944348548     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature15700     Document Type: Article

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