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*Worms natively have a blue-light rhodopsin that triggers an aversion response where they turn around and go the opposite direction.
*Worms natively have a blue-light rhodopsin that triggers an aversion response where they turn around and go the opposite direction.
*I am going to '''read up on propofol mechanisms in worms, and gap junctions''' before our next meeting on 10/29.
*I am going to '''read up on propofol mechanisms in worms, and gap junctions''' before our next meeting on 10/29.
*GABA is also an important neurotransmitter in [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK19793/ C. elegans]; however, in contrast to vertebrates where GABA acts at synapses of the central nervous system, in nematodes GABA acts primarily at neuromuscular synapses. Specifically, GABA acts to relax the body muscles during locomotion and foraging and to contract the enteric muscles during defecation.
==DECODE==
==DECODE==