J Neurosci: Dopamine may regulate sex differences in worms

Recently, in a research report titled 0010010 quot;Sexually Dimorphic Regulation of Behavioral States by Dopamine in Caenorhabditis elegans 0010010 quot; published in the international journal Journal of Neuroscience, scientists from institutions such as Saitama Medical University found that dopamine may regulate worms Gender differences.

Image source: Satoshi Suo

In the article, when the researchers studied the movement of the worm, they found that dopamine may be responsible for the gender difference in the common behavior of the worm.

In the article, the researchers revealed the molecular mechanisms by which the same neurotransmitter promotes sex differences in worms. Related research results may help to understand the causes of mental disorders; male and hermaphrodite worms (Caenorhabditis elegans) differ in finding food and courting The researchers pointed out that the neurotransmitter dopamine may have opposite effects on behaviors that support worm strategies of different genders.

Dopamine will increase the movement behavior of male worms and help them find a spouse, while reducing the same behavior of hermaphrodite worms, and hermaphrodite worms can reproduce asexually, which may save energy by staying in place. Finally, the researchers said that dopamine may play a role in different molecular pathways to cause gender differences in worms. (Bioon.com)

source: Satoshi Suo, Kazuki Harada, Shogo Matsuda, et al. 0010010 nbsp;Sexually Dimorphic Regulation of Behavioral States by Dopamine in Caenorhabditis elegans, 0010010 nbsp;JNeurosci 0010010 nbsp;(2019). DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2985-18.2019