2024
Neuropeptide and serotonin co-transmission sets the activity pattern in the C. elegans egg-laying circuit
Butt A, Van Damme S, Santiago E, Olson A, Beets I, Koelle M. Neuropeptide and serotonin co-transmission sets the activity pattern in the C. elegans egg-laying circuit. Current Biology 2024, 34: 4704-4714.e5. PMID: 39395419, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.07.064.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHermaphrodite-specific neuronsEgg-laying circuitNlp-3Egg layingTiming of egg layingPromote egg layingCaenorhabditis elegansInactive phasePeptide signalsPersistent internal stateNeural circuit functionMolecular experimentsSerotonin receptorsSerotonin signalingSerotoninMuscle cellsNeurotransmitter serotoninMultiple signalsNeuropeptideNeuropeptide receptorsCo-transmissionEggsNeural circuitsLayingActive phase
2012
Receptors and Other Signaling Proteins Required for Serotonin Control of Locomotion in Caenorhabditis elegans
Gürel G, Gustafson MA, Pepper JS, Horvitz HR, Koelle MR. Receptors and Other Signaling Proteins Required for Serotonin Control of Locomotion in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics 2012, 192: 1359-1371. PMID: 23023001, PMCID: PMC3512144, DOI: 10.1534/genetics.112.142125.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCaenorhabditis elegansLarge-scale genetic screensSer-4Direct postsynaptic targetsGenetic screenC. elegansSignaling proteinsGenetic systemNon-overlapping setsAdditional proteinsExtrasynaptic signalsMolecular mechanismsElegansSerotonin responseGenesRelease sitesMod 1Multiple receptorsProteinSerotonin controlSerotonergic neuronsPostsynaptic targetsSerotonin functionReceptorsSerotonin receptors