Following exposure to specific environmental stressors, the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans undergoes extensive phenotypic plasticity to enter into a stress-resistant ‘dauer’ juvenile stage. We present methods for the controlled induction and imaging of neuroplasticity during dauer.
Schroeder, N. E., Flatt, K. M. In Vivo Imaging of Dauer-specific Neuronal Remodeling in C. elegans. J. Vis. Exp. (91), e51834, doi:10.3791/51834 (2014).