Behavioral impact of neurotransmitter-activated G-protein-coupled receptors: Muscarinic and GABAB receptors regulate Caenorhabditis elegans locomotion

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 28, 2008, Pages 7104-7112

  Dittman, Jeremy S ^a,b   Kaplan, Joshua M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

C. Elegans; Feedback; GABAB receptor; GPCR; Locomotion; Muscarinic

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; ACETYLCHOLINE; DIMER; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; ALDICARB; ANTINEMATODAL AGENT; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; G PROTEIN LINKED ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR 2; G PROTEIN-LINKED ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR 2; GABA TYPE B RECEPTOR, SUBUNIT 1; LEVAMISOLE; PHOTOPROTEIN;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE CORD; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALDICARB; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LEVAMISOLE; LOCOMOTION; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MUTATION; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RECEPTORS, GABA-B;

EID: 49049088584     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0378-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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