Aging animals display a broad range of progressive degenerative changes, and one of the
most fascinating is the decline of female reproductive function. In the model organism …

Simple Summary It has been estimated that 100 g of bulk soil can host about 2000–4000
nematodes and this amount is increased 5-fold in the rhizosphere. A certain number of these …

Nanoplastics and microbial pathogens are both widely distributed in the environment;
however, their combined toxicity remains largely unclear. Using Caenorhabditis elegans as …

Pathogens generate ubiquitous selective pressures and host–pathogen interactions alter
social behaviours in many animals,,–. However, very little is known about the neuronal …

Animals must weigh competing needs and states to generate adaptive behavioral
responses to the environment. Sensorimotor circuits are thus tasked with integrating diverse …

A hallmark of adaptive behavior is the ability to flexibly respond to sensory cues. To
understand how neural circuits implement this flexibility, it is critical to resolve how a static …

The Human Microbiome Project was a research programme that successfully identified
associations between microbial species and healthy or diseased individuals. However, a …

Animal internal state is modulated by nutrient intake, resulting in behavioral responses to
changing food conditions. The neural mechanisms by which internal states are generated …

In C. elegans, 283 clec genes encode a highly diverse family of C-type lectin-like domain
(CTLD) proteins. Since vertebrate CTLD proteins have characterized functions in defense …

The somatosensory nervous system surveils external stimuli at barrier tissues, regulating
innate immune cells under infection and inflammation. The roles of sensory neurons in …