2016
Activity of the C. elegans egg-laying behavior circuit is controlled by competing activation and feedback inhibition
Collins KM, Bode A, Fernandez RW, Tanis JE, Brewer JC, Creamer MS, Koelle MR. Activity of the C. elegans egg-laying behavior circuit is controlled by competing activation and feedback inhibition. ELife 2016, 5: e21126. PMID: 27849154, PMCID: PMC5142809, DOI: 10.7554/elife.21126.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsChloride ChannelsCholineFeedback, PhysiologicalFemaleGene Expression RegulationLocomotionMotor NeuronsMuscle ContractionOptogeneticsOvipositionPeriodicityReceptors, Biogenic AmineSerotoninSexual Behavior, AnimalSignal TransductionTyramineConceptsPassage of eggsUnderlying neural circuitsUv1 neuroendocrine cellsCommand neuronsMuscle contractionNeural circuitsNeuroendocrine cellsRhythmic activityBehavior circuitsCircuit activityCentral pattern generatorCircuit functionBody bendsFeedback inhibitionSlow locomotionPattern generatorNeuronsActivityVulva
2013
Postsynaptic ERG Potassium Channels Limit Muscle Excitability to Allow Distinct Egg-Laying Behavior States in Caenorhabditis elegans
Collins KM, Koelle MR. Postsynaptic ERG Potassium Channels Limit Muscle Excitability to Allow Distinct Egg-Laying Behavior States in Caenorhabditis elegans. Journal Of Neuroscience 2013, 33: 761-775. PMID: 23303953, PMCID: PMC3542984, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3896-12.2013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEgg-laying musclesBody bendsUNC-103Caenorhabditis elegansCalcium transientsTwo-state behaviorERG potassium channelsMutantsERG channelsPotassium channelsInactive phaseEggsDistinct behavioral statesMuscle excitabilityPostsynaptic excitabilityPostsynaptic sitesERG functionCaenorhabditisCalcium imagingElegansFurther adjustmentExcitabilityRhythmic excitationMuscleBehavioral states