Zaslaver Lab

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• The synaptic organization in the Caenorhabditis elegans neural network suggests significant local compartmentalized computations

Rotem Ruach, Nir Ratner, Scott W. Emmons, and Alon Zaslaver
PNAS, 120 (3) (2023)

 

• A GPCR negative feedback loop underlies efficient coding of external stimuli

Rotem Ruach, Shai Yellinek, Eyal Itskovits, Alon Zaslaver

Molecular Systems Biology 18:e10514 (2022)

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• Irrational behavior in C. elegans arises from asymmetric modulatory effects within single sensory neurons

Iwanir S.*, Ruach R.*, Itskovits E., Bokman E., Pritz O. C., and Zaslaver A.

Nature Communications, 10, Article number: 3202 (2019)
  *Equal contribution

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• A memory circuit for coping with impending adversity

Eliezer Y., Deshe N., Hoch L., Iwanir S., Pritz O. C., and Zaslaver A.

Current Biology, Volume 9 Issue 10, P1573-1583, (2019)
 

​​​​​See also:

• 'Mind over Matter in C. elegans'/by Katz and Shaham

• F1000Prime

• PsychologyToday,   Cosmos,   ScienceDaily

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• Concerted pulsatile and graded neural dynamics ‎enables efficient chemotaxis in C. elegans

Itskovits E*, Ruach R*, Kazakov A, Zaslaver A.
Nature Communications, volume 9, Article number: 2866 (2018)

     *Equal contribution

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See also:

• Animal Math (Forbes)

• Need help with your math homework? Ask these worms (ScienceDaily)

• Worms with Waze (Ha'aretz)

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• Salient experiences are represented by unique transcriptional signatures in the mouse brain

Mukherjee D*, Ignatowska-Jankowska BM*, Itskovits E*, Gonzales BJ, Turm H, Izakson L, Haritan D, Bleistein N, Cohen C, Amit I, Shay T, Grueter B, Zaslaver A, Citri A.
eLife, e31220 (2018)

      *Equal contribution

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• A multi-animal tracker for studying complex behaviors

Itskovits E, Levine A, Cohen E, Zaslaver A.

BMC Biol. 2017 Apr 6;15(1):29.

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• The C. elegans Connectome Consists of Homogenous Circuits with Defined Functional Roles

Azulay A, Itskovits E, Zaslaver A.
PLoS Comput Biol (2016).

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• Serotonin promotes exploitation in complex environments by accelerating decision-making

Iwanir S, Brown AS, Nagy S, Najjar D, Kazakov A, Lee KS, Zaslaver A, Levine E, Biron D.
BMC Biol. 2016 Feb 4;14:9.

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• Hierarchical sparse coding in the sensory system of Caenorhabditis elegans

Zaslaver A, Liani I, Shtangel O, Ginzburg S, Yee L, Sternberg PW.
PNAS 112(4):1185-1189 (2015).

 

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• A modular library of small molecule signals regulates social behaviors in Caenorhabditis elegans

Srinivasan J, von Reuss SH, Bose N, Zaslaver A, Mahanti P, Ho MC, O'Doherty OG, Edison AS, Sternberg PW, Schroeder FC.

PLoS Biol (2012). 10(1):e1001237.

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• Metazoan operons accelerate recovery from growth arrested states

Zaslaver A , Baugh LR, Sternberg PW.
Cell  (2011). 145(6):981-92.

 

• Featured in Nature Reviews Genetics, (2011) 12:520-521.

• Selected for Faculty of 1,000:  http://F1000.com/12454956

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