Nerve-Wracking Stress Shapes Worm Circuits (IMAGE)

NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Nerve-Wracking Stress Shapes Worm Circuits

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NIH-funded scientists showed how stress rewired a worm's nervous system and made adults act like juvenile worms.

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Courtesy of Hobert lab, Columbia University, N.Y.

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