WormMine: AnatomyTerm WBbt:0006752

• Definition: neuron of the somatic nervous system.
• Name: somatic neuron
• Primary Identifier: WBbt:0006752
• Synonym: body neuron

2 Children

Definition	Name	Synonym	Primary Identifier
neuron with cell body associated with the ventral nerve cord.	ventral cord neuron	ventral cord motoneuron	WBbt:0005300
neuron that has neural processes in the nerve ring.	nerve ring neuron		WBbt:0006974

3 Expression Clusters

Regulated By Treatment	Description	Algorithm	Primary Identifier
	Enriched in vulval muscle (adult), ventral nerve cord (larva), ventral nerve cord (adult), dorsal nerve cord (adult), body neurons (adult), body neurons (larva), tail neurons (larva), nerve ring (larva), dorsal nerve cord (larva), nerve ring (adult), body wall muscle (larva), lateral nerve cords/commissures (larva).		WBPaper00029359_1197
	Enriched in ventral nerve cord (larva), vulval muscle (adult), ventral nerve cord (adult), body neurons (adult), body neurons (larva), dorsal nerve cord (adult), tail neurons (larva), dorsal nerve cord (larva), nerve ring (adult), nerve ring (larva), tail neurons (adult), body wall muscle (larva).		WBPaper00029359_1291
	Enriched in vulval muscle (adult), ventral nerve cord (larva), ventral nerve cord (adult), dorsal nerve cord (adult), body neurons (adult), body neurons (larva), tail neurons (larva), nerve ring (larva), nerve ring (adult), dorsal nerve cord (larva), body wall muscle (larva), lateral nerve cords/commissures (larva), tail neurons (adult).		WBPaper00029359_1546

44 Expression Patterns

• Primary Identifier: Expr10864

• Primary Identifier: Expr3527
• Pattern: Neuronal expression: cholinergic & GABAergic motor neurons, head, tail & body. Non-neuronal expression: pharynx, intestine, vulva, body wall muscle, hypodermis, seam cells.

• Primary Identifier: Expr3532
• Pattern: Neuronal expression: cholinergic & GABAergic motor neurons, head, tail & body. Non-neuronal expression: intestine, vulva, pharynx, body wall muscle, hypodermis, seam, excretory canal and cell.

• Primary Identifier: Expr3536
• Pattern: Neuronal expression: cholinergic & GABAergic motor neurons, head, tail & body. Non-neuronal expression: pharynx, intestine, vulval muscle.

• Primary Identifier: Expr3537
• Pattern: Neuronal expression: cholinergic & GABAergic motor neurons, head, tail & body. Non-neuronal expression: pharynx, intestine, vulva, body wall muscle, hypodermis, seam cells.

• Primary Identifier: Expr3540
• Pattern: Neuronal expression: cholinergic motor neurons, head & body. Non-neuronal expression: pharynx, intestine, coelomocytes.

• Primary Identifier: Expr3542
• Pattern: Neuronal expression: cholinergic & GABAergic motor neurons, head, tail & body. Non-neuronal expression: pharynx, intestine, vulval muscle, body wall muscle, coelomocytes.

• Primary Identifier: Expr8408
• Pattern: Expression detected from late embryos to adults. In late embryos to L1, expression is seen in dnc and intestine. From L2 to adults, expression is detected in almost all tissues except germline; specifically muscle, rectum, vulva, spermatheca, pharynx, intestine, vnc, dnc, nerve ring, hypodermis.

• Primary Identifier: Expr8409
• Pattern: Expression seen from late L1 to adult stages. Weak expression detected ubiquitously (except germline). Stronger in pharynx, vulva, vulval muscle, body wall muscle.

• Primary Identifier: Expr8416
• Pattern: Expressed from early embryo continuing through adulthood. In early embryos, expression is detected on the lateral sides and in mid embryo stages, expression is detected on the posterior part only. In larval and adult stages, expression is seen in posterior areas of intestine, rectum and tail hypodermis. Weak expression in pharynx, vnc, vulva, dnc and head nerves and tail nerves.

• Primary Identifier: Expr8458
• Pattern: Expression seen ubiquitously (except germline) from pre-comma stage to adulthood.

• Primary Identifier: Expr8466
• Pattern: Expression detected from L1 to adult. Expression becomes stronger in later stages and in adults is almost ubiquitous. Strongest expression seen in nerve ring, hypodermis, vulva and pharynx.

• Primary Identifier: Expr8477
• Pattern: Expression detected from L4 to adults in the pharyngeal muscle, developing spermatheca, subset of ventral nerve cord and a subset of amphid neurons

• Primary Identifier: Expr9409
• Pattern: Adult Expression: pharynx; Reproductive System; vulval muscle; body wall muscle. Larval Expression: pharynx; body wall muscle
• Subcellular Localization: Sub-cellular localization within the body wall muscle: Sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR)-like

• Primary Identifier: Expr10010
• Pattern: ALG-1 was prominently expressed in the pharynx. Cells in the tail also displayed specific expression. Expression was seen in vulva, seam cells, ventral nerve chord and somatic gonad. The endogenous ALG-1 expression was confirmed for the pharynx and head neurons with a polyclonal antibody raised against the ALG-1 specific N-terminus region. Examination of the ALG-1 expression during larval development did not reveal differences in expression during the four larval stages and adults. During embryogenesis ALG-1 is first detected at the beginning of the morphogenetic phase.

• Primary Identifier: Expr8478
• Pattern: Expressed from early embryo continuing through adulthood. Expression detected in many nerves from head and tail, the most obvious are amphids and phasmids. Also, in dnc, vnc, canal nerves, intestine, rectal gland, spermatheca/uterine valve.

• Primary Identifier: Expr8469
• Pattern: Expression seen from late embryo to adult stages. Strong expression in earlier stages. Detected in pharyngeal neurons; two cell bodies in the posterior and two in the anterior part of the bulb. Expression seen also in body neurons, canal nerves, and tail neurons.

• Primary Identifier: Expr8460
• Pattern: Expression seen in embryos starting at the comma stage and continuing throughout adulthood. Posterior regions: intestine, ventral nerve cord, rectum, ventral muscles and tail hypodermis. Also seen in vulval muscles from L2 till adulthood.

• Primary Identifier: Expr8462
• Pattern: Expressed from late embryo stage till adults. Expression seen in nerves, dnc, vnc, two nerves in tail whose processes are ventral to the head, two nerves in head which are anterior to the posterior pharyngeal bulb. Also expressed in the posterior part of the intestine and rectal muscles. In adults, expression is seeing also in vulval muscles.

• Primary Identifier: Expr8457
• Pattern: Expression detected in L4 continuing to young adults only. Expressed in somatic cells of the uterus and subset of neurons at the vnc.

• Primary Identifier: Expr8456
• Pattern: Expression detected from mid embryos to adults. In late embryos, expression is seen on one side of the embryo, ventral and mostly anterior. From late embryo to L1, expression is detected in canal cells and canal nerves. Also, from late embryos to adults, expression is detected in several nerves, including dnc and vnc. In addition, expression is detected in head muscles, coelomocytes and intestine.

• Primary Identifier: Expr8459
• Pattern: Expression seen from mid embryos to adulthood. Expressed strongly in nerve in head (amphid) and tail. Weak expression in external vulval cells, dnc and vnc is also detected.

• Primary Identifier: Expr8450
• Pattern: Expression detected from L1 to adults. Expression seen in nerves whose processes run dorsally to the tail tip and ventrally to nerve ring in the head. In addition, expression seen in posterior intestine and nerves in vulva.

• Primary Identifier: Expr8441
• Pattern: Expression seen from late embryos to adulthood in dnc, vnc, other head/body and tail nuclei nerves as well as pharyngeal nerve in anterior bulb.

• Primary Identifier: Expr8424
• Pattern: Expression detected from L1 till adulthood. Expressed in nerves: vnc, dnc, many in nerve ring, pharyngeal nerves and tail nerves. Also, expression seen in muscles from vulva, head, body and rectum and hypodermis.

• Primary Identifier: Expr8425
• Pattern: Expressed from late embryos to adulthood. Expressed in head nerves more specifically in 3 pairs of amphid neurons, of which, 2 pairs of nuclei are in the anterior to apb and the other pair, posterior to apb. Expression is also seen in pharyngeal/intestine valve and rectal gland.

• Primary Identifier: Expr8418
• Pattern: Expressed from mid embryo continuing through adulthood. Expression seen in head nerves, specifically in 6 pairs in nerve ring and also dnc. Expressed also in tail nerves, specifically in 2 pairs and one single neuron with axon ventral to head. Expression seen in body nerves, specifically in CAN nerves. Also seen in amphid neurons in the pharynx; the cell body is posterior/lateral to posterior pharyngeal bulb (ppb) and axon runs to tip of head. Expression seen in I4, I5 and I6 neurons, cell body in ppb and axon runs to anterior pharyngeal bulb (apb).

• Primary Identifier: Expr8412
• Pattern: Expressed from late embryos to adulthood. Strong expression detected in many nerves, nerve ring, dnc, vnc an also nerves in the tail.

• Primary Identifier: Expr8414
• Pattern: Expressed from mid embryo continuing through adulthood. Expressed in amphids, excretory cells, seam cells, vulva, body neurons, rectum and posterior intestine.

• Primary Identifier: Expr8481
• Pattern: Expression seen in mid embryos, specifically on the lateral sides of the embryo, continuing to adulthood. GFP expression is seeing in head and body wall muscles, amphids and phasmids, including other nerve nuclei in head but cannot see processes. Also, expressed in vnc and lateral nerves of body. Expression seen also in vulval muscles and cells at uterus, proximal to the vulva.

0 Life Stages

2 Parents

Definition	Name	Synonym	Primary Identifier
Major cell type of nervous tissue, specialized for transmission of information in the form of patterns of impulses.	neuron	neurone	WBbt:0003679
Part of the nervous system that lies completely outside the pharynx.	somatic nervous system		WBbt:0005760