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Age-dependent Dynamics of Locomotion in Caenorhabditis elegans: A Lyapunov Exponent Analysis
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Untangling functional declines in the locomotion of aging worms
1Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5PL, UK.
Cell Metabolism
|September 10, 2013
Abstract
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All physiological functions decline with age, but which changes are primary and which are secondary is not always clear. Liu et al. (2013), examining functional changes in the muscles and motor neurons of C. elegans, suggest that when it comes to locomotion, it is the nervous system that shows earlier age-related deterioration.
