Switching Gears, Structuring the Right Search Strategy

Johannes Felsenberg; Scott Waddell

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2019.03.040

Switching Gears, Structuring the Right Search Strategy

Neuron. 2019 Apr 17;102(2):273-275. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2019.03.040.

Authors

Johannes Felsenberg¹, Scott Waddell²

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, The University of Oxford, Tinsley Building, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3SR, UK.
² Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, The University of Oxford, Tinsley Building, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3SR, UK. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 30998896
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2019.03.040

Abstract

Nematodes can use local and global search strategies to find food. In this issue of Neuron, López-Cruz et al. (2019) unravel a neural circuit mechanism that allows worms to select and switch between these search modes depending on recent experience of food.

Publication types

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MeSH terms

Animals
Feeding Behavior*
Nematoda
Neurons*

Grants and funding

200846/Z/16/Z/WT_/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom