Mechanosensory molecules and circuits in C. elegans

A Genetic Program Promotes C. elegans Longevity at Cold Temperatures via a Thermosensitive TRP Channel

(2013) Rui Xiao et al.   CELL

A Gap Junction Circuit Enhances Processing of Coincident Mechanosensory Inputs

(2013) Ithai Rabinowitch et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The million mutation project: A new approach to genetics in Caenorhabditis elegans

(2013) O. Thompson et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Two Novel DEG/ENaC Channel Subunits Expressed in Glia Are Needed for Nose-Touch Sensitivity in Caenorhabditis elegans

(2013) L. Han et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

The Rich Club of the C. elegans Neuronal Connectome

(2013) E. K. Towlson et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

The FMRFamide-related neuropeptide FLP-20 is required in the mechanosensory neurons during memory for massed training in C. elegans

(2013) C. Li et al.   LEARNING & MEMORY

tmc-1 encodes a sodium-sensitive channel required for salt chemosensation in C. elegans

(2013) Marios Chatzigeorgiou et al.   NATURE

A database of Caenorhabditis elegans behavioral phenotypes

(2013) Eviatar Yemini et al.   NATURE METHODS

TMC1 and TMC2 Are Components of the Mechanotransduction Channel in Hair Cells of the Mammalian Inner Ear

(2013) Bifeng Pan et al.   NEURON

Drosophila NOMPC is a mechanotransduction channel subunit for gentle-touch sensation

(2012) Zhiqiang Yan et al.   NATURE

Piezo proteins are pore-forming subunits of mechanically activated channels

(2012) Bertrand Coste et al.   NATURE

The role of Drosophila Piezo in mechanical nociception

(2012) Sung Eun Kim et al.   NATURE

Proprioceptive Coupling within Motor Neurons Drives C. elegans Forward Locomotion

(2012) Quan Wen et al.   NEURON

Temperature- and Touch-Sensitive Neurons Couple CNG and TRPV Channel Activities to Control Heat Avoidance in Caenorhabditis elegans

(2012) Shu Liu et al.   PLoS One

A dictionary of behavioral motifs reveals clusters of genes affecting Caenorhabditis elegans locomotion

(2012) A. E. X. Brown et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gait Modulation in C. elegans: An Integrated Neuromechanical Model

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

The C. elegans Touch Response Facilitates Escape from Predacious Fungi

(2011) Sean M. Maguire et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Food sensitizesC. elegansavoidance behaviours through acute dopamine signalling

(2011) Marina Ezcurra et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Heat Avoidance Is Regulated by Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) Channels and a Neuropeptide Signaling Pathway inCaenorhabditis elegans

(2011) Dominique A. Glauser et al.   GENETICS

Mechanotransduction in mouse inner ear hair cells requires transmembrane channel–like genes

(2011) Yoshiyuki Kawashima et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

The DEG/ENaC Protein MEC-10 Regulates the Transduction Channel Complex in Caenorhabditis elegans Touch Receptor Neurons

(2011) J. Arnadottir et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

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

(2011) Harksun Lee et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Molecular mechanisms of mechanotransduction in mammalian sensory neurons

(2011) Patrick Delmas et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Lateral Facilitation between Primary Mechanosensory Neurons Controls Nose Touch Perception in C. elegans

(2011) Marios Chatzigeorgiou 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

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

(2011) Wei Li et al.   Nature Communications

Time-lapse imaging and cell-specific expression profiling reveal dynamic branching and molecular determinants of a multi-dendritic nociceptor in C. elegans

(2010) Cody J. Smith et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Spatial Asymmetry in the Mechanosensory Phenotypes of the C. elegans DEG/ENaC Gene mec-10

(2010) Marios Chatzigeorgiou et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

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

Biomechanical analysis of gait adaptation in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

(2010) C. Fang-Yen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Fusogen EFF-1 Controls Sculpting of Mechanosensory Dendrites

(2010) M. Oren-Suissa et al.   SCIENCE

Forward locomotion of the nematode C. elegans is achieved through modulation of a single gait

(2009) Stefano Berri et al.   HFSP Journal

A Tyramine-Gated Chloride Channel Coordinates Distinct Motor Programs of a Caenorhabditis elegans Escape Response

(2009) Jennifer K. Pirri et al.   NEURON

Neural control of Caenorhabditis elegans forward locomotion: the role of sensory feedback

(2008) John Bryden et al.   BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS

A glial DEG/ENaC channel functions with neuronal channel DEG-1 to mediate specific sensory functions in C. elegans

(2008) Ying Wang et al.   EMBO JOURNAL