Food Sensation Modulates Locomotion by Dopamine and Neuropeptide Signaling in a Distributed Neuronal Network

  • Alexandra Oranth
  • , Christian Schultheis
  • , Oleg Tolstenkov
  • , Karen Erbguth
  • , Jatin Nagpal
  • , David Hain
  • , Martin Brauner
  • , Sebastian Wabnig
  • , Wagner Steuer Costa
  • , Rebecca D. McWhirter
  • , Sven Zels
  • , Sierra Palumbos
  • , David M. Miller
  • , Isabel Beets
  • , Alexander Gottschalk

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Abstract

In this study of C. elegans food response behavior, the underlying circuitry is identified by dopaminergic neurons signaling the presence of food to interneurons that release neuropeptides and regulate locomotion by conferring distinct motoneuron responses via specific neuropeptide receptor expression.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1414-1428.e10
JournalNeuron
Volume100
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 19 Dec 2018
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • behavioral quantification
  • behavioral switching
  • Ca2+ imaging
  • channelrhodopsin-2
  • FMRFamide neuropeptides
  • halorhodopsin
  • optogenetics
  • premotor navigational regulation
  • sensory integration
  • video tracking

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