{
  "id": 19500527,
  "title": "A Glutamate-Neuropeptide Circuit Converts Transient Mate Contact into a Persistent Local Search State in Caenorhabditis elegans Males",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/a-glutamate-neuropeptide-circuit-converts-transient-mate-contact-into",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.11.10.762718v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Transient sensory encounters can trigger behavioral states that persist long after the initiating stimulus has disappeared, yet how neural circuits initiate and sustain these states remains poorly understood. Here, we show that brief contact with a suitable mate induces a persistent local search state in male Caenorhabditis elegans, characterized by increased reversals and spatially restricted…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}