这一研究揭示了电突触在感官信息处理和行为选择中的全新功能，为神经科学领域带来了重要的理论突破。长期以来，电突触被视为一种简单的信号传递通路，主要作用是通过间隙连接（gap ...

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Environmental toxicology looks for the effects of environmental contaminants on organisms, providing conclusions about exposure implications on their health ...

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Researchers from Kyushu University have developed an innovative technique to non-invasively measure two key signals, membrane ...

They started with a small worm. Caenorhabditis elegans has only 302 neurons. It took 16 years. How much time would be required to repeat this arduous task for the 100 billion neurons in the human ...

In two papers published in ‘Nature,’ on December 18, researchers show that lithocholic acid can extend lifespan in nematodes ...

Prof. David Harel’s research, Dept. of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, on modeling the feeding process of C. elegans to reveal biological system dynamics and enable in silico experiments.

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This study investigates the fundamental role of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in membrane biology, using a unique model to perform a thorough genetic screen that highlights that PUFA synthesis ...

Researchers at McMaster University, Canada, have identified a critical biological mechanism involving the protein MANF ...