Hyperactivation of B-type motor neurons results in aberrant synchrony of the Caenorhabditis elegans motor circuit

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 5319-5325

  Qi, Yingchuan B ^a,b   Po, Michelle D ^c,d   Mac, Patrick ^e   Kawano, Taizo ^c   Jorgensen, Erik M ^e   Zhen, Mei ^c,d   Jin, Yishi ^b  

^a HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE DERIVATIVE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CYAN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RETINAL; RHODOPSIN; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HYPERACTIVITY; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CHOLINERGIC NEURONS; DENDRITES; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; GENE EXPRESSION; INTERNEURONS; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SEIZURES;

EID: 84877093313     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4017-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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