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Ming Tak Ngan

University of California San DiegoORCID 0009-0008-3194-369XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintSep 24, 2026

Decay chemicals activate a pH-sensing pathway to initiate a persistent state

Grace Margaret Padilla, Matthew L. White, Ming Tak Ngan…·Matthew Lovett-Barron

The paper shows that cadaverine activates trigeminal chemosensation in zebrafish, leading to a persistent behavioral state through pH sensing, independent of olfaction.

DOI 10.64898/2026.09.16.751831

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