Sensorimotor Integration for Decision Making: How the Worm Steers

Harris S Kaplan; Manuel Zimmer

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2017.12.042

Sensorimotor Integration for Decision Making: How the Worm Steers

Neuron. 2018 Jan 17;97(2):258-260. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.12.042.

Authors

Harris S Kaplan¹, Manuel Zimmer²

Affiliations

¹ Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna Biocenter (VBC), Campus-Vienna-Biocenter 1, 1030 Vienna, Austria.
² Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna Biocenter (VBC), Campus-Vienna-Biocenter 1, 1030 Vienna, Austria. Electronic address: manuel.zimmer@imp.ac.at.

PMID: 29346747
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.12.042

Abstract

Animals' movements actively shape their perception and subsequent decision making. In this issue of Neuron, Liu et al. (2018) show how C. elegans nematodes steer toward an odorant: a dedicated interneuron class integrates oscillatory olfactory signals, generated by head swings, with corollary discharge motor signals.

Keywords: C. elegans; active sampling; animal navigation; corollary discharge; efference copy; sensorimotor integration.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Caenorhabditis elegans*
Cholinergic Agents
Decision Making
Movement*
Smell

Substances

Cholinergic Agents