C. elegans has a highly developed chemosensory system that enables it to detect a wide
variety of volatile (olfactory) and water-soluble (gustatory) cues associated with food …

Exocytotic release of the excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate depends on transport of this
amino acid into synaptic vesicles. Recent work has identified a distinct family of proteins …

The quantal release of glutamate depends on its transport into synaptic vesicles. Recent
work has shown that a protein previously implicated in the uptake of inorganic phosphate …

Caenorhabditis elegans explores its environment by interrupting its forward movement with
occasional turns and reversals. Turns and reversals occur at stable frequencies but irregular …

Although many properties of the nervous system are shared among animals and systems, it
is not known whether different neuronal circuits use common strategies to guide behaviour …

Glutamate is the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the mammalian central nervous system.
Synaptic vesicles are loaded with neurotransmitter by means of specific vesicular …

The choice of using one of many possible neurotransmitter systems is a critical step in
defining the identity of an individual neuron type. We show here that the key defining feature …

Two proteins previously known as Na+-dependent phosphate transporters have been
identified recently as vesicular glutamate transporters (VGLUT1 and VGLUT2). Together …

This article reviews the literature on learning and memory in the soil-dwelling nematode
Caenorhabditis elegans. Paradigms include nonassociative learning, associative learning …

The macrocyclic lactones are the biggest selling and arguably most effective anthelmintics
currently available. They are good substrates for the P-glycoproteins, which might explain …