WormMine: AnatomyTerm WBbt:0006829

• Definition: neuron that uses glutamate as a vesicular neurotransmitter.
• Name: glutamatergic neuron
• Primary Identifier: WBbt:0006829

2 Children

Definition	Name	Synonym	Primary Identifier
Neuron class of two pharyngeal motoneurons.	M3 neuron	M3	WBbt:0003754
Neuron class of two ciliated neurons that are part of the amphid sensilla; the endings are in the amphid channel, which is open to the outside.	ASH		WBbt:0005665

0 Expression Clusters

4 Expression Patterns

• Primary Identifier: Expr12719
• Pattern: acc-1 and acc-2 fosmid reporters show very restricted and non-overlapping expression in the adult nervous system. The acc-1 fosmid reporter is expressed in a subset of cholinergic neurons, including cholinergic neurons in the ventral nerve cord, the retrovesicular ganglion and a few head neurons (including the SMD, RMD motor neurons, the AVA and AVE command interneurons and the SAA neurons). A small number of glutamatergic neurons also express acc-1 (including the pharyngeal neurons MI and M3, the PLM neurons and an unidentified neuronal pair in the lateral ganglion).

• Primary Identifier: Expr12720
• Pattern: acc-1 and acc-2 fosmid reporters show very restricted and non-overlapping expression in the adult nervous system. The acc-2 fosmid reporter is expressed in a distinct, small set of glutamatergic neurons (RIA, RIG, PHA, AIZ) and cholinergic neurons (URX, RIH). The acc-2 fosmid reporter is strongly expressed in the newly identified male-specific MMC neurons.

• Primary Identifier: Expr14561
• Pattern: mgl-2 is strongly expressed in RIM, a glutamatergic interneuron presynaptic to AVA, and more weakly in AIB, RIA, ADA and AIM, additional glutamatergic presynaptic neurons. MGL-2 is not expressed in AVA or in CEPsh glia.

• Primary Identifier: Expr13695
• Pattern: nrap-1 is expressed in presynaptic glutamatergic neurons.

0 Life Stages

1 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