How organisms learn and encode memory is an outstanding question in neuroscience research. Specifically, how memories are acquired and consolidated at the level of molecular and gene pathways remains unclear. In addition, memory is disrupted in a wide variety of neurological disorders; therefore, discovering molecular regulators of memory may reveal therapeutic targets for these disorders. C. elegans are an excellent model to uncover molecular and genetic regulators of memory. Indeed, the nematode's invariant neuronal lineage, fully mapped genome, and conserved associative behaviors have allowed the development of a breadth of genetic and genomic tools to examine learning and memory. In this mini-review, we discuss novel and exciting genetic and genomic techniques used to examine molecular and genetic underpinnings of memory from the level of the whole-worm to tissue-specific and cell-type specific approaches with high spatiotemporal resolution.
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February 06 2023
Uncovering novel regulators of memory using C. elegans genetic and genomic analysis
Katie L. Brandel-Ankrapp;
Katie L. Brandel-Ankrapp
1Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, U.S.A.
2Center for Precision Environmental Health, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, U.S.A.
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Rachel N. Arey
2Center for Precision Environmental Health, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, U.S.A.
3Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, U.S.A.
Correspondence: Rachel N. Arey (rachel.arey@bcm.edu)
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Biochem Soc Trans (2023) 51 (1): 161–171.
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Received:
October 14 2022
Revision Received:
December 20 2022
Accepted:
January 19 2023
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Katie L. Brandel-Ankrapp, Rachel N. Arey; Uncovering novel regulators of memory using C. elegans genetic and genomic analysis. Biochem Soc Trans 27 February 2023; 51 (1): 161–171. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/BST20220455
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