Mechanosensitive body–brain interactions in Caenorhabditis elegans

Tethering Piezo channels to the actin cytoskeleton for mechanogating via the cadherin-β-catenin mechanotransduction complex

(2022) Jing Wang et al.   Cell Reports

Intrinsically disordered intracellular domains control key features of the mechanically-gated ion channel PIEZO2

(2022) Clement Verkest et al.   Nature Communications

The sex-specific VC neurons are mechanically activated motor neurons that facilitate serotonin-induced egg laying in C. elegans

(2021) Richard J. Kopchock et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Reafference and the origin of the self in early nervous system evolution

(2021) Gáspár Jékely et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Corollary discharge promotes a sustained motor state in a neural circuit for navigation

(2021) Ni Ji et al.   eLife

Molecular topography of an entire nervous system

(2021) Seth R. Taylor et al.   CELL

Connectomes across development reveal principles of brain maturation

(2021) Daniel Witvliet et al.   NATURE

The push-to-open mechanism of the tethered mechanosensitive ion channel NompC

(2021) Yang Wang et al.   eLife

An asymmetric mechanical code ciphers curvature-dependent proprioceptor activity

(2021) Ravi Das et al.   Science Advances

Neuronal DAF-16-to-intestinal DAF-16 communication underlies organismal lifespan extension in C. elegans

(2021) Masaharu Uno et al.   iScience

Pressure sensing through Piezo channels controls whether cells migrate with blebs or pseudopods

(2020) Nishit Srivastava et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ankyrin Is An Intracellular Tether for TMC Mechanotransduction Channels

(2020) Yi-Quan Tang et al.   NEURON

Cortical anchoring of the microtubule cytoskeleton is essential for neuron polarity

(2020) Liu He et al.   eLife

Critical Review of Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation: Challenges for Translation to Clinical Practice

(2020) Jonathan Y. Y. Yap et al.   Frontiers in Neuroscience

A neurotransmitter produced by gut bacteria modulates host sensory behaviour

(2020) Michael P. O’Donnell et al.   NATURE

Whole-organism behavioral profiling reveals a role for dopamine in state-dependent motor program coupling in C. elegans

(2020) Nathan Cermak et al.   eLife

PIEZO2 in sensory neurons and urothelial cells coordinates urination

(2020) Kara L. Marshall et al.   NATURE

GABAergic motor neurons bias locomotor decision-making in C. elegans

(2020) Ping Liu et al.   Nature Communications

Uncovering the genetic blueprint of the C. elegans nervous system

(2020) István A. Kovács et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Emerging Science of Interoception: Sensing, Integrating, Interpreting, and Regulating Signals within the Self

(2020) Wen G. Chen et al.   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

Synaptic polarity and sign-balance prediction using gene expression data in the Caenorhabditis elegans chemical synapse neuronal connectome network

(2020) Bánk G. Fenyves et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

A multiscale model of mechanotransduction by the ankyrin chains of the NOMPC channel

(2019) David Argudo et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY

Neuronal stretch reception – Making sense of the mechanosense

(2019) Ravi Das et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

How Caenorhabditis elegans Senses Mechanical Stress, Temperature, and Other Physical Stimuli

(2019) Miriam B. Goodman et al.   GENETICS

A Change in ECM Composition Affects Sensory Organ Mechanics and Function

(2019) Abeer Hassan et al.   Cell Reports

Whole-animal connectomes of both Caenorhabditis elegans sexes

(2019) Steven J. Cook et al.   NATURE

Force-induced conformational changes in PIEZO1

(2019) Yi-Chih Lin et al.   NATURE

Somatosensory neurons integrate the geometry of skin deformation and mechanotransduction channels to shape touch sensing

(2019) Alessandro Sanzeni et al.   eLife

Mammalian transient receptor potential TRPA1 channels: from structure to disease

(2019) Karel Talavera et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Arterial Baroreceptors Sense Blood Pressure through Decorated Aortic Claws

(2019) Soohong Min et al.   Cell Reports

Proprioception

(2018) John C. Tuthill et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The control structure of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans : Neuro-sensory integration and proprioceptive feedback

(2018) C. Fieseler et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Serotonin disinhibits aCaenorhabditis eleganssensory neuron by suppressing Ca++-dependent negative feedback

(2018) Paul D. E. Williams et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Homeostatic feedback modulates the development of two-state patterned activity in a model serotonin motor circuit inCaenorhabditis elegans

(2018) Bhavya Ravi et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

A sensory-motor neuron type mediates proprioceptive coordination of steering in C. elegans via two TRPC channels

(2018) Jihye Yeon et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Excitatory motor neurons are local oscillators for backward locomotion

(2018) Shangbang Gao et al.   eLife

Distributed rhythm generators underlie Caenorhabditis elegans forward locomotion

(2018) Anthony D Fouad et al.   eLife

Signatures of proprioceptive control in Caenorhabditis elegans locomotion

(2018) Jack E. Denham et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

From head to tail: a neuromechanical model of forward locomotion in Caenorhabditis elegans

(2018) Eduardo J. Izquierdo et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Caenorhabditis elegans excitatory ventral cord motor neurons derive rhythm for body undulation

(2018) Quan Wen et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Neural Sensing of Organ Volume

(2018) Benjamin D. Umans et al.   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

ASICs Mediate Food Responses in an Enteric Serotonergic Neuron that Controls Foraging Behaviors

(2018) Jeffrey L. Rhoades et al.   CELL

Neural Coding of Leg Proprioception in Drosophila

(2018) Akira Mamiya et al.   NEURON

PIEZOs mediate neuronal sensing of blood pressure and the baroreceptor reflex

(2018) Wei-Zheng Zeng et al.   SCIENCE

Mechanical Stimulation of Piezo1 Receptors Depends on Extracellular Matrix Proteins and Directionality of Force

(2017) Benjamin M. Gaub et al.   NANO LETTERS

Electron cryo-microscopy structure of the mechanotransduction channel NOMPC

(2017) Peng Jin et al.   NATURE

How to characterize a nonlinear elastic material? A review on nonlinear constitutive parameters in isotropic finite elasticity

(2017) L. Angela Mihai et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

An Intestine-Derived Neuropeptide Controls Avoidance Behavior in Caenorhabditis elegans

(2017) Kiho Lee et al.   Cell Reports

Piezo2 senses airway stretch and mediates lung inflation-induced apnoea

(2016) Keiko Nonomura et al.   NATURE

Evidence for the involvement of ASIC3 in sensory mechanotransduction in proprioceptors

(2016) Shing-Hong Lin et al.   Nature Communications

Activity of the C. elegans egg-laying behavior circuit is controlled by competing activation and feedback inhibition

(2016) Kevin M Collins et al.   eLife

Feeling Force: Physical and Physiological Principles Enabling Sensory Mechanotransduction

(2015) Samata Katta et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Ankyrin Repeats Convey Force to Gate the NOMPC Mechanotransduction Channel

(2015) Wei Zhang et al.   CELL

Global Brain Dynamics Embed the Motor Command Sequence of Caenorhabditis elegans

(2015) Saul Kato et al.   CELL

Cross-referencing online activity with the connectome to identify a neglected but well-connected neuron

(2015) Evan L. Ardiel et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Piezo2 is the principal mechanotransduction channel for proprioception

(2015) Seung-Hyun Woo et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

A Generative Statistical Algorithm for Automatic Detection of Complex Postures

(2015) Stanislav Nagy et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Neurobiology of Caenorhabditis elegans Locomotion: Where Do We Stand?

(2014) Julijana Gjorgjieva et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Mechanical control of the sense of touch by β-spectrin

(2014) Michael Krieg et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Unique Interweaved Microtubule Scaffold Mediates Osmosensory Transduction via Physical Interaction with TRPV1

(2014) Masha Prager-Khoutorsky et al.   NEURON

Mechanosensory molecules and circuits in C. elegans

(2014) William R. Schafer   PFLUGERS ARCHIV-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY

Mechanosensitivity is mediated directly by the lipid membrane in TRAAK and TREK1 K+channels

(2014) Stephen G. Brohawn et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Piezo1, a mechanically activated ion channel, is required for vascular development in mice

(2014) S. S. Ranade et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mechanosensitive Neurons on the Internal Reproductive Tract Contribute to Egg-Laying-Induced Acetic Acid Attraction in Drosophila

(2014) Bin Gou et al.   Cell Reports

The Caenorhabditis elegans interneuron ALA is (also) a high-threshold mechanosensor

(2013) Jarred Sanders et al.   BMC NEUROSCIENCE

A NOMPC-Dependent Membrane-Microtubule Connector Is a Candidate for the Gating Spring in Fly Mechanoreceptors

(2013) Xin Liang et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Neuropeptide Secreted from a Pacemaker Activates Neurons to Control a Rhythmic Behavior

(2013) Han Wang et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Miniaturization of Nervous Systems and Neurons

(2012) Jeremy E. Niven et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Compartmentalized calcium dynamics in a C. elegans interneuron encode head movement

(2012) Michael Hendricks et al.   NATURE

Proprioceptive Coupling within Motor Neurons Drives C. elegans Forward Locomotion

(2012) Quan Wen et al.   NEURON

The Proprioceptive Senses: Their Roles in Signaling Body Shape, Body Position and Movement, and Muscle Force

(2012) Uwe Proske et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Gait Modulation in C. elegans: An Integrated Neuromechanical Model

(2012) Jordan H. Boyle et al.   Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

Nictation, a dispersal behavior of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, is regulated by IL2 neurons

(2011) Harksun Lee et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

A Neuropeptide-Mediated Stretch Response Links Muscle Contraction to Changes in Neurotransmitter Release

(2011) Zhitao Hu et al.   NEURON

DEG/ENaC but Not TRP Channels Are the Major Mechanoelectrical Transduction Channels in a C. elegans Nociceptor

(2011) Shana L. Geffeney et al.   NEURON

How does morphology relate to function in sensory arbors?

(2011) David H. Hall et al.   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

The neural circuits and sensory channels mediating harsh touch sensation in Caenorhabditis elegans

(2011) Wei Li et al.   Nature Communications

Structural Properties of the Caenorhabditis elegans Neuronal Network

(2011) Lav R. Varshney et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

C. elegans multi-dendritic sensory neurons: Morphology and function

(2010) Adi Albeg et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE

Specific roles for DEG/ENaC and TRP channels in touch and thermosensation in C. elegans nociceptors

(2010) Marios Chatzigeorgiou et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

C. elegans TRP Family Protein TRP-4 Is a Pore-Forming Subunit of a Native Mechanotransduction Channel

(2010) Lijun Kang et al.   NEURON

Corollary discharge across the animal kingdom

(2008) Trinity B. Crapse et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Noise in the nervous system

(2008) A. Aldo Faisal et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE