Behavioral plasticity, learning, and memory in C. elegans

Caenorhabditis elegans exhibits behavior plasticity that appears to correspond to non-associative and associative learning, and short-term and long-term memory. Recent finding revealed that evolutionally conserved molecules such as insulin, monoamines, and neuropeptides are required for the plasticity. We propose the concept of human brain operation from the C. elegans studies.

► Modification of behavior to a stimulus by exposure to other stimuli. ► Genes and neural circuits underlying behavioral plasticity. ► The analogy between C. elegans thermotaxis circuit and human brain.