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ReviewBMC biology2025

Nictation behavior in nematodes.

Tuan Anh Le, Liesbet Temmerman, Charline Roy

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Review in BMC biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Tuan Anh LeAnimal Physiology and Neurobiology, Department of Biology, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Leuven, Belgium.
Liesbet TemmermanAnimal Physiology and Neurobiology, Department of Biology, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Leuven, Belgium. Liesbet.Temmerman@kuleuven.be.
Charline RoyAnimal Physiology and Neurobiology, Department of Biology, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Leuven, Belgium.

Funding

Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek G085521NKU Leuven C16/19/003KU Leuven PDMT1/25/016
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nictation is a dispersal behavior in nematodes, aiding movement and host-finding under stress. This review explores its diversity, genetic and neuronal basis, regulation, and ecological relevance. Nictation involves sensory integration, plasticity, and inter-organismal communication. Though its neural circuitry and molecular pathways remain partly understood, recent findings highlight roles for dauer signaling, neurotransmitters, and neuropeptides. Advances in scoring methods and genetic tools, including of parasitic species, now enable deeper study of its environmental triggers, evolutionary context, and impact on nematode virulence, with key knowledge gaps identified for future research.

Indexed as

Behavior, AnimalHost-Parasite InteractionsNematodaAnimalsBehavioral geneticsC. elegansDauerDispersalHost-findingInfective juvenilePathogenic/parasitic nematodesP. pacificus

Identifiers

PMID41350688
PMCPMC12681108

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