The Tactile Receptive Fields of Freely Moving Caenorhabditis elegans Nematodes
E. A. Mazzochette, A. L. Nekimken, F. Loizeau, J. Whitworth, B. Huynh, M. B. Goodman, B. L. Pruitt
This paper develops an automated system to study touch responses in C. elegans and finds two distinct tactile receptive fields on the worm's body surface.
bioRxiv · Mar 5, 2018Animal Behavior & Cognition