The extraordinary AFD thermosensor of C. elegans
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The nematode C. elegans exhibits complex thermal experience-dependent navigation behaviors in response to environmental temperature changes of as little as 0.01°C over a > 10°C temperature range. The remarkable thermosensory abilities of this animal are mediated primarily via the single pair of AFD sensory neurons in its head. In this review, we describe the contributions of AFD to thermosensory behaviors and temperature-dependent regulation of organismal physiology. We also discuss the mechanisms that enable this neuron type to adapt to recent temperature experience and to exhibit extraordinary thermosensitivity over a wide dynamic range.
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Many biological processes vary considerably over 4-5 °C, well within the range of what is normally considered room temperature.
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- Authors
- Goodman, M. B., & Sengupta, P.
- Affiliations
- Stanford University (US)
- Brandeis University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Goodman, Miriam B.
- Sengupta, Piali
- Venue
- Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology
- Published
- 2017-12-08
- Volume
- 470
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 839-849
- ISSN
- 0031-6768 (ISSN-L)
- 1432-2013
- PMC
- PMC5945307
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- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R35 GM22463, P01 GM103770)
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R01 NS047715)
- G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Charitable Foundation
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Sensory Systems › Ion Channels and Receptors
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Aging › Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
- Keywords
- Caenorhabditis elegans, thermosensation, temperature dependence, thermal adaptation, thermosensitivity, sensory neurons
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Physiological, Animals, Synaptic Transmission, Sensory Receptor Cells, Thermosensing, Caenorhabditis elegans
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