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Measurements of Physiological Stress Responses in C. Elegans
Published on: May 21, 2020
The regulation of animal behavior by cellular stress responses
Neşem P Özbey1, Maximilian A Thompson1, Rebecca C Taylor1
1Neurobiology Division, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, United Kingdom.
Abstract:
Cellular stress responses exist to detect the effects of stress on cells, and to activate protective mechanisms that promote resilience. As well as acting at the cellular level, stress response pathways can also regulate whole organism responses to stress. One way in which animals facilitate their survival in stressful environments is through behavioral adaptation; this review considers the evidence that activation of cellular stress responses plays an important role in mediating the changes to behavior that promote organismal survival upon stress.
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