Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Caenorhabditis elegans worm, colored scanning electron micrograph (SEM). We all know families of long-lived individuals. But ...

Sleep regulation in worms is not as different from sleep regulation in mammals, including humans, as you may think. Therefore, knowing how worms switch between being asleep and being awake can tell us ...

Caenorhabditis elegans is a worm that has been used for decades as a model organism. Researchers have found that a specific neuron, called ALA, and the amount of calcium it contains are essential for ...