Abstract
In the simple, 302-cell nervous system of the soil nematode C. elegans, genetic selection for toxin-resistance was used to isolate mutants with specific defects in synaptic neurotransmission, making it possible to characterize already-known molecules and to identify new components of the machinery required for the release of synaptic vesicles.
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Rand, J. What makes the worm squirm?. Mol Psychiatry 2, 293–295 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.mp.4000244
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.mp.4000244