Figure 4From: The Caenorhabditis elegans interneuron ALA is (also) a high-threshold mechanosensorALA is required for the suppression of the egg-laying response to picking-touch. The number of eggs laid per animal, per hour, in animals exposed to anterior or posterior picking-touch stimuli (“A” and “P” respectively) and in control animals (“C”). Mean ± s.e.m, N=4-13 assay plates (see Methods). Asterisks denote statistically significant comparisons (p<0.05).Back to article page