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Dopaminergic neurons in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
Author(s) -
Sulston J.,
Dew M.,
Brenner S.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of comparative neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.855
H-Index - 209
eISSN - 1096-9861
pISSN - 0021-9967
DOI - 10.1002/cne.901630207
Subject(s) - biology , caenorhabditis elegans , dopaminergic , dopamine , hermaphrodite , neuroscience , nematode , dopaminergic pathways , anatomy , genetics , gene , zoology , ecology
Dopamine is the putative transmitter of eight neurons in the hermaphrodite form of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans . These include the cephalic and deirid neurons, which are believed to be mechanosensory. The male has an additional six dopaminergic neurons in the tail. Mutants have been selected which have defects in the formaldehyde induced fluorescence and lack dopamine to varying degrees, but they are not insensitive to touch. The dopaminergic neurons of C. elegans are compared with the homologous neurons in Ascaris lumbricoides .