An evolutionarily conserved switch in response to GABA affects development and behavior of the locomotor circuit of Caenorhabditis elegans

Genetics

Volumn 199, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1159-1172

  Han, Bingjie ^a   Bellemer, Andrew ^a,b   Koelle, Michael R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GABA response; Inhibitory; Signaling; Switch

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; MUSCIMOL; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE COTRANSPORTER 2; SODIUM POTASSIUM CHLORIDE COTRANSPORTER 1; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ABTS-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; ANION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; COTRANSPORTER; POTASSIUM-CHLORIDE SYMPORTERS;

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; ANION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; GABA-A RECEPTOR AGONISTS; GABAERGIC NEURONS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; LOCOMOTION; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUSCIMOL; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 12, MEMBER 2; SYMPORTERS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84926335497     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 19432631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.114.173963     Document Type: Article

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