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… behavioral states Neuromodulators neuromodulation serotonin nematodes https://elifesciences.org/articles/62889 … of newly ingested food and emit a neuromodulator called serotonin to signal other neurons to slow the worm down to … power depended on the roaming neurons having an inhibitory serotonin receptor, called MOD-1. If Ji genetically knocked …

… in the lab with graduate student Jungsoo Kim to study serotonin’s effect on the brain In 2013 Flavell had … a worm is eating, the neuron emits the neurotransmitter serotonin to signal to other neurons. In the new paper, he … about how neurotransmitters emanating from the gut, like serotonin, influence the brain to affect behavior, in both …

… as “brain waves”) and neuromodulators (chemicals such as serotonin or dopamine that influence neural function) recruit …

… that influence the brain, along with dopamine, serotonin, and acetylcholine. Unlike neurotransmitters, which …

… molecules. Many of those candidates, such as serotonin, affected the animal’s behavior in important ways, …

… nervous system responds to the neuromodulatory chemical serotonin, which in humans is the most frequent target of …