| Plant neurobiology: an integrated view of plant signaling |
| Brenner E, Stahlberg R, Mancuso S, Vivanco J, Baluška F, Van Volkenburgh E |
| Trends Plant Sci 11, 413-419 (2006) |
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| A newly focused field of research in plant biology, called plant neurobiology, is aimed at understanding how plants process information they obtain from their environment in order to develop, prosper and reproduce optimally. The behavior plants exhibit is coordinated across the whole organism by some form of integrated signaling, communication and response system. This system includes long-distance electrical signals, vesicle-mediated transport of auxin in specialized vascular tissues, and production of chemicals known to be neuronal in animals. Plant neurobiology will be directed toward discovering the mechanisms of signaling in whole plants, as well as among plants and their neighbours.
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