β-Tubulin mRNA expression profiles during long-term memory formation in classically conditioned C. elegans
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2013
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Journal of Neurological Sciences
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1300-1817
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Ege Üniversitesi
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30
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2
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296 - 304
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English; Turkish
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We report on the mRNA expression profiles of β-tubulin genes in Caenorhabditis elegans during the process of classical conditioning, a type of associative learning. In this research, based on the model that suggests the formation of new synaptic connections for long-term memory storage by means of cytoskeletal rearrangement, we measure the expressional changes on the β-tubulin mRNA levels via quantitative real-time PCR. Using this method, we find that β-tubulin mRNA levels do not significantly change in C. elegans during classical conditioning and long-term memory formation process.
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C. elegans , Classical conditioning , Learning , Long-term memory , Memory , Tubulin , Beta tubulin , Animal experiment , Caenorhabditis elegans , Chemotaxis , Conditioning , Controlled study , Long term memory , Nerve cell plasticity , Nonhuman , Protein expression , Real time polymerase chain reaction , RNA isolation , Sensory nerve cell , Spectrophotometry