Monday, Jul 23
… circuits to generate locomotion behaviors linked to the feeding or satiety states of an animal. His long-term goal is to understand how neural circuits generate sustained behavioral states, and how physiological and environmental information …
Thursday, Feb 20
… neuromodulation C. elegans serotonin Internal states In popular experience the story of how serotonin … activity while red mCherry labels all cells. Focus on feeding “By taking advantage of a well-defined paradigm for … elegans neuron called NSM senses when a worm has started feeding on bacteria and signals other neurons via serotonin …
Monday, Nov 22
… allows worms to switch between long-lasting behavioral states Neuromodulators neuromodulation serotonin nematodes … allows worms to switch between long-lasting behavioral states. MIT neuroscientists have discovered the elegant … connectome and discern how it switches between different states of behavior. When AIA detects a food odor, it feeds …
Thursday, Jun 11
… about each of the worm's motor programs – locomotion, feeding, egg-laying, and more -- from these videos, yielding … as C. elegans , have more distinct behavioral states than generally assumed. For example, the study finds … staying put, actually consists of multiple different sub-states that could be readily identified using this new …
Friday, Jul 23
… the LC may integrate sensory inputs and internal cognitive states from across the brain to precisely exert its …
Wednesday, Sep 12
… to Florida at the age of 15, learned that in the United States, Latino immigrants are rare among scientific …
Monday, Jul 01
… anesthesia neuromodulation anesthesia neuroimmunology feeding states It turns out that understanding the brain, with its … during surgery, and in normal awake and low-stress states as a baseline. Deriving an objective biomarker of …
… behavior calcium imaging C. elegans gut-brain signaling feeding states serotonin 46-4243 617-715-2605 flavell@mit.edu … such a wide range of time scales. Long-lasting behavioral states—including arousal states (sleep, wake) and complex …
Monday, Sep 20
… said. “The closest component to behaviors and internal states , and changes in those , are still believed to be … senses, like scents and sounds and sights ; from internal states , like mating drive or hunger or sleepiness ; and even … Steven Flavell , researchers s tud y how internal states and behaviors emerge and change using a worm so simple …
