Thursday, Feb 20
… tools in a simple model, scientists aim to learn how serotonin modulates behavior February 20, 2020 New Research … and behavior Neuromodulators neuromodulation C. elegans serotonin In popular experience the story of how serotonin modulates the brain might seem simple: pop an …
Thursday, Dec 20
… The GI tract is also the source of most of the body’s serotonin, which also play a role in appetite. Additionally, … how that worked,” Flavell says. The researchers knew that serotonin release was driving the slowdown, but they didn’t … To try to figure that out, they decided to study a type of serotonin-producing enteric neurons called …
Monday, Jul 01
… 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 …
… imaging C. elegans gut-brain signaling feeding states serotonin 46-4243 617-715-2605 flavell@mit.edu … utilizes neuropeptides as well as biogenic amines like serotonin and dopamine. The nervous system of C. elegans is a … aims to expand our knowledge of how neuromodulators like serotonin organize the circuit-wide patterns of neuronal …
Thursday, May 28
… the body’s microbiome influences the brain Neuromodulators serotonin gut-brain signaling A rapidly growing collection of …
Thursday, Jun 11
… molecules. Many of those candidates, such as serotonin, affected the animal’s behavior in important ways, …
… neural circuits involving neuromodulators (dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine) in learning and memory, …
