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GENETICS
Volume 223, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
GENETICS SOCIETY AMERICA
DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyac176
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synapse; Caenorhabditis elegans; review
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Using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans as a model organism, research has uncovered key regulators in the formation of functional synapses, highlighting the conservation of signaling networks across animals. This research contributes to advancing our understanding of the brain.
The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is a research model organism particularly suited to the mechanistic understanding of synapse genesis in the nervous system. Armed with powerful genetics, knowledge of complete connectomics, and modern genomics, studies using C. elegans have unveiled multiple key regulators in the formation of a functional synapse. Importantly, many signaling networks display remarkable conservation throughout animals, underscoring the contributions of C. elegans research to advance the understanding of our brain. In this chapter, we will review up-to-date information of the contribution of C. elegans to the understanding of chemical synapses, from structure to molecules and to synaptic remodeling.
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