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CELL TYPE LINEAGE LOCATION NEUROTRANSMITTER ASSOCIATED GLIA

PDEL
PDER
Sensory neuron
V5L.paaa
V5R.paaa
Posterior half of the body
Dopamine.

(express TH, CAT-2. Lints R. and Emmons S.W. 1999)
PDEsh and PDEso

DESCRIPTION

Posterior deirids, postembryonically born. Sensory receptors located next to dorsal body wall muscle along the lateral side of the posterior body.

See Deirid image gallery.

Functions: When well-fed C. elegans hermaphrodites are washed clean of bacteria and then reintroduced to the bacterial lawn, they move more slowly than when transferred to an environment without bacteria. This behavior is described as "basal slowing response". The three classes of dopaminergic neurons (CEPs, ADEs, and PDEs) function redundantly to sense the mechanosensory stimulus from bacteria and mediate the motor circuit to control this behavioral change (Sawin E. R. et al, 2000).

Receptor expression: Express the dopamine receptor DOP-2 (Suo S. et al, 2003 ).

CELL	TYPE	LINEAGE	LOCATION	NEUROTRANSMITTER	ASSOCIATED GLIA
PDEL PDER	Sensory neuron	V5L.paaa V5R.paaa	Posterior half of the body	Dopamine. (express TH, CAT-2. Lints R. and Emmons S.W. 1999)	PDEsh and PDEso
DESCRIPTION
Posterior deirids, postembryonically born. Sensory receptors located next to dorsal body wall muscle along the lateral side of the posterior body. See Deirid image gallery. Functions: When well-fed C. elegans hermaphrodites are washed clean of bacteria and then reintroduced to the bacterial lawn, they move more slowly than when transferred to an environment without bacteria. This behavior is described as "basal slowing response". The three classes of dopaminergic neurons (CEPs, ADEs, and PDEs) function redundantly to sense the mechanosensory stimulus from bacteria and mediate the motor circuit to control this behavioral change (Sawin E. R. et al, 2000). Receptor expression: Express the dopamine receptor DOP-2 (Suo S. et al, 2003 ).