Type: Interneuron
In MoW: AUA
Male Wiring Project: AUAL, AUAR
In Wormbase: AUA, AUAL, AUAR
Lineage: AB alpppppppp, AB praaappppp
Location: Lateral ganglia of head
Description: Neurons, processes run with amphid neuron dendrites but lack ciliated endings.
Neurotransmitter: Glutamate. Expresses VGluT, EAT-4 (Lee et al., 1999).
Function: Regulate social feeding behavior along with AQR, PQR and URX neurons (Coates and de Bono, 2002).
Receptor Expression: Express glutamate receptor subunit, GLR-4 (Brockie et al., 2001). Express neuropeptide Y receptor like protein, NPR-1 which mediates social feeding behavior (Coates and de Bono , 2002). Express a splice variant of the tyramine receptor SER-2 (Tsalik et al., 2003). Possibly express the dopamine receptor DOP-1 (Sanyal et al., 2004).