A neurotransmitter produced by gut bacteria modulates host sensory behaviour

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Disclaimer: not a neuroscientist. However, these seemed...

User MRSN4P, in the Reddit Science subreddit, 07 Jan 2025

Disclaimer: not a neuroscientist. However, these seemed relevant: “Indigenous Bacteria from the Gut Microbiota Regulate Host…

Why does C.elegans avoid 1-octanol.

User BrushyBuffalo, in the Celegans subreddit, 30 Jun 2020

Gut colonizing bacteria alter worm host feeding and smelling behavior. Providencia gut bacteria make the neurotransmitter tyramine in the worm C. elegans, which is converted to octopamine. This alters the worm feeding and smelling behaviors so that they continue to consume Providencia bacteria.

User Regenerative_Med_Bot, in the Regenerative medicine and other medical breakthroughs subreddit, 18 Jun 2020

Gut colonizing bacteria alter worm host feeding and smelling behavior. Providencia gut bacteria make the neurotransmitter tyramine in the worm C. elegans, which is converted to octopamine. This alters the worm feeding and smelling behaviors so that they continue to consume Providencia bacteria.

User perocarajo, in the Reddit Science subreddit, 18 Jun 2020

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