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CELL TYPE LINEAGE LOCATION NEUROTRANSMITTER ASSOCIATED GLIA

AVEL
AVER
Interneuron AB alpppaaaa
AB praaaaaaa Lateral ganglia of head
Express FMRFamide-like peptide, FLP-1 precursor (Nelson L.S. et al 1998).
None

DESCRIPTION

Ventral cord interneurons. AVE's have the same postsynaptic targets as AVD's, but processes of AVE's are restricted to anterior cord, ending shortly before vulva.

Functions: Command interneuron. Drive backward movement of the animal along with AVA, AVD and A-type motor neurons. See Locomotory circuit.

Receptor expression: Express glutamate receptor subunits, GLR-1 , GLR-2, GLR-5, NMR-1 and NMR-2 (Maricq A. V. et al 1995)(Brockie P.J. et al 2001).

See Quicktime movie of confocal stack opt-3::GFP expression in AVEL, AVER ( by Christina Gleason/Miller lab)

(Fei, Y. J. et al. (2000) A novel H(+)-coupled oligopeptide transporter (OPT3) from Caenorhabditis elegans with a predominant function as a H(+) channel and an exclusive expression in neurons, J Biol Chem 275, 9563-71.). (Note that neurons shown as AVA's in this publication are actually AVE's. D. Miller, pers. comm.).

CELL	TYPE	LINEAGE	LOCATION	NEUROTRANSMITTER	ASSOCIATED GLIA
AVEL AVER	Interneuron	AB alpppaaaa AB praaaaaaa	Lateral ganglia of head	Express FMRFamide-like peptide, FLP-1 precursor (Nelson L.S. et al 1998).	None
DESCRIPTION
Ventral cord interneurons. AVE's have the same postsynaptic targets as AVD's, but processes of AVE's are restricted to anterior cord, ending shortly before vulva. Functions: Command interneuron. Drive backward movement of the animal along with AVA, AVD and A-type motor neurons. See Locomotory circuit. Receptor expression: Express glutamate receptor subunits, GLR-1 , GLR-2, GLR-5, NMR-1 and NMR-2 (Maricq A. V. et al 1995)(Brockie P.J. et al 2001).