WB:Gene:rgs-6

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"Deleting a certain gene in mice can make them smarter by unlocking a mysterious region of the brain considered to be relatively inflexible, scientists at Emory University School of Medicine have found. Mice with a disabled RGS14 gene are able to remember objects they'd explored and learn to navigate mazes better than regular mice, suggesting that RGS14's presence limits some forms of learning and memory." [1]

rgs-6 is a potential ortholog of RGS14, but no neuronal RNAi/Allele phenotypes were tested according to WormBase (WS218)