Erratum: Correction Notice: Assessment of Chemosensory Response to Volatile Compounds in Healthy, Aged, and Neurodegenerative Caenorhabditis elegans Models.

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Assessment of Chemosensory Response to Volatile Compounds in Healthy, Aged, and Neurodegenerative Caenorhabditis elegans Models.

A basic function of the nervous system is to confer the ability to detect external stimuli and generate appropriate behavioral and physiological responses. These can be modulated when parallel streams of information are provided to the nervous system and neural activity is appropriately altered. The nematode utilizes a simple and well characterized neural circuit to mediate avoidance or attraction responses to stimuli, such as the volatile odorant octanol or diacetyl (DA), respectively.

Analysis of Aging-related Neurodegeneration in Chemosensory Neurons.

Aging and neuronal deterioration constitute important risk factors for the development of neuronal-related diseases, such as different dementia. The nematode has emerged as a popular model system for studying neurodegeneration diseases, due to its complete neuronal connectivity map. DiI is a red fluorescent dye that can fill the worm amphid neurons and enables the visualization of their neurodegeneration over time.

Bacillus Subtilis Delays Neurodegeneration and Behavioral Impairment in the Alzheimer's Disease Model Caenorhabditis Elegans.

Multiple causes, apart from genetic inheritance, predispose to the production and aggregation of amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide and Alzheimer's disease (AD) development in the older population. There is currently no therapy or medicine to prevent or delay AD progression. One novel strategy against AD might involve the use of psychobiotics, probiotic gut bacteria with specific mental health benefits.