Caenorhabditis elegans

Atsushi Kuhara1,2, Natsune Takagaki1,2, Misaki Okahata1,2

  • 1Faculty of Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Natural Science, Institute for Integrative Neurobiology, Konan University, Okamoto, Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Japan.

概括

线虫Caenorhabditis elegans通过其ASJ神经元感知寒冷,该神经元调节了生存的途径. 这一发现揭示了这个模型生物体的耐寒机制.