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| Title |
Electric shock causes a fleeing-like persistent behavioral response in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
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| Published in |
Genetics, August 2023
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| DOI | 10.1093/genetics/iyad148 |
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| Authors |
Ling Fei Tee, Jared J Young, Keisuke Maruyama, Sota Kimura, Ryoga Suzuki, Yuto Endo, Koutarou D Kimura |
| Abstract |
Behavioral persistency reflects internal brain states, which are the foundations of multiple brain functions. However, experimental paradigms enabling genetic analyses of behavioral persistency and its associated brain functions have been limited. Here we report novel persistent behavioral responses caused by electric stimuli in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. When the animals on bacterial food are stimulated by alternating current, their movement speed suddenly increases two- to three-fold, persisting for more than one minute even after a five-second stimulation. Genetic analyses reveal that voltage-gated channels in the neurons are required for the response, possibly as the sensors, and neuropeptide signaling regulates the duration of the persistent response. Additional behavioral analyses implicate that the animal's response to electric shock is scalable and has a negative valence. These properties, along with persistence, have been recently regarded as essential features of emotion, suggesting that C. elegans response to electric shock may reflect a form of emotion, akin to fear. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 28 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 | 4 | 14% |
| Spain | 3 | 11% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 7% |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 4% |
| Uruguay | 1 | 4% |
| Ireland | 1 | 4% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 15 | 54% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 20 | 71% |
| Scientists | 4 | 14% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 11% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 4% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 16 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 19% |
| Researcher | 2 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 1 | 6% |
| Lecturer | 1 | 6% |
| Student > Master | 1 | 6% |
| Other | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 7 | 44% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 19% |
| Neuroscience | 3 | 19% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 6% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 8 | 50% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 307. 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 18 November 2023.
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