Invertebrate learning: what can't a worm learn?

Curr Biol. 2004 Aug 10;14(15):R617-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.07.044.

Abstract

The nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans can learn and remember the stimuli it encounters, the environment it is in, and its own physiological state. Analyses of mutations in C. elegans that affect different aspects of experience are beginning to address the nature of learning.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Caenorhabditis elegans / genetics
  • Caenorhabditis elegans / physiology*
  • Conditioning, Psychological / physiology
  • Extinction, Psychological / physiology
  • Learning / physiology*
  • Memory / physiology*
  • Mutation / genetics
  • Smell / physiology
  • Taste / physiology