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| Title |
Vasopressin/Oxytocin-Related Signaling Regulates Gustatory Associative Learning in C. elegans
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| Published in |
Science, October 2012
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| DOI | 10.1126/science.1226860 |
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| Authors |
Isabel Beets, Tom Janssen, Ellen Meelkop, Liesbet Temmerman, Nick Suetens, Suzanne Rademakers, Gert Jansen, Liliane Schoofs |
| Abstract |
Vasopressin- and oxytocin-related neuropeptides are key regulators of animal physiology, including water balance and reproduction. Although these neuropeptides also modulate social behavior and cognition in mammals, the mechanism for influencing behavioral plasticity and the evolutionary origin of these effects are not well understood. Here, we present a functional vasopressin- and oxytocin-like signaling system in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Through activation of its receptor NTR-1, a vasopressin/oxytocin-related neuropeptide, designated nematocin, facilitates the experience-driven modulation of salt chemotaxis, a type of gustatory associative learning in C. elegans. Our study suggests that vasopressin and oxytocin neuropeptides have ancient roles in modulating sensory processing in neural circuits that underlie behavioral plasticity. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 51 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 12% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 8% |
| Canada | 3 | 6% |
| Mexico | 3 | 6% |
| Brazil | 2 | 4% |
| Germany | 2 | 4% |
| Spain | 1 | 2% |
| Austria | 1 | 2% |
| Ecuador | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 6 | 12% |
| Unknown | 22 | 43% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 35 | 69% |
| Scientists | 10 | 20% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 8% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 233 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 3% |
| Belgium | 2 | <1% |
| Japan | 2 | <1% |
| Canada | 2 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| China | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 3 | 1% |
| Unknown | 212 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 62 | 27% |
| Researcher | 51 | 22% |
| Student > Master | 33 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 21 | 9% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 15 | 6% |
| Other | 32 | 14% |
| Unknown | 19 | 8% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 111 | 48% |
| Neuroscience | 33 | 14% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 31 | 13% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 9 | 4% |
| Psychology | 8 | 3% |
| Other | 15 | 6% |
| Unknown | 26 | 11% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 74. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 March 2021.
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#567,639
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#12,515
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#2,912
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