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The C. elegans nervous system reads the internal state of the hydrogen peroxide-detoxification machinery to trigger escape from this common reactive chemical
Yan Xu, Sahana Gangadharan, Maedeh Seyedolmohadesin…·Javier Apfeld
The paper identifies a neural circuit in C. elegans that detects hydrogen peroxide and triggers escape by monitoring changes in the peroxiredoxin detoxification system.
DOI 10.64898/2026.01.22.701078