Spillover transmission is mediated by the excitatory GABA receptor LGC-35 in C. elegans

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2803-2816

  Jobson, Meghan A ^b,c   Valdez, Chris M ^a   Gardner, Jann ^c   Garcia, L Rene ^d   Jorgensen, Erik M ^b,c,e   Beg, Asim A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Cys loop; GABA; Ion selectivity

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ACETYLCHOLINE; ALDICARB; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; LGC 35 PROTEIN; SEROTONIN GATED ION CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LGC-35 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; DOSE RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HERMAPHRODITE; ION SELECTIVITY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MATING EFFICIENCY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; NEMATODE; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OSCHEIUS MYRIOPHILA; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPHINCTER; SYNAPSE; THRASH ASSAY; XENOPUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COPULATION; DEFECATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; COPULATION; DEFECATION; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES; OOCYTES; RECEPTORS, GABA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84922496459     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4557-14.2015     Document Type: Article

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