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Aldicarb-induced Paralysis Assay to Determine Defects in Synaptic Transmission in Caenorhabditis elegans.

ABSTRACT: Aldicarb treatment causes an accumulation of acetylcholine in the synaptic cleft of the neuromuscular junction, resulting in sustained muscle activation and eventually paralysis. Aldicarb-induced paralysis assay is an easy and fast method to determine whether synaptic transmission of a C. elegans mutant of interest is altered. This assay is based on the correlation of the rate of neurotransmitter release with the rate of paralysis. In this protocol, we describe a method for simultaneously assessing the aldicarb sensitivity of animals with different genotypes.

SUBMITTER: Oh KH

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5580937 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Aldicarb-induced Paralysis Assay to Determine Defects in Synaptic Transmission in <i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i>.

Oh Kelly H KH Kim Hongkyun H

Bio-protocol 20170701 14

Aldicarb treatment causes an accumulation of acetylcholine in the synaptic cleft of the neuromuscular junction, resulting in sustained muscle activation and eventually paralysis. Aldicarb-induced paralysis assay is an easy and fast method to determine whether synaptic transmission of a <i>C. elegans</i> mutant of interest is altered. This assay is based on the correlation of the rate of neurotransmitter release with the rate of paralysis. In this protocol, we describe a method for simultaneously ...[more]

PMID: 28868330

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Aldicarb-induced Paralysis Assay to Determine Defects in Synaptic Transmission in Caenorhabditis elegans.

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Aldicarb-induced Paralysis Assay to Determine Defects in Synaptic Transmission in <i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i>.

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