Action Potentials in <i>C. elegans</i> (IMAGE)

Rockefeller University

Action Potentials in <i>C. elegans</i>

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Researchers have mapped all 302 neurons that make up the C. elegans nervous system. However, until now, they had never observed action potentials in these cells.

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Qiang Liu/The Rockefeller University

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