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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Neurosci. 2012 Nov 11;15(12):1675–1682. doi: 10.1038/nn.3253

Figure 5. The interneuron AIM is a source of PDF-1 for mate-searching behavior.

Figure 5

(a–d) Expression of P(pdf-1)::RFP in adult males. (a and c) DIC images, (b and d) fluorescence images of neurons in the head (b) and the tail and posterior ventral cord (d). All images show a ventral view, anterior to the left. Scale bars, 5 μm.

(e) Effects on mate-searching behavior (PL values) of ablation of all pdf-1-expressing male-specific neurons, AVB or AIM in wild-type males. Rescue of mate-searching behavior in pdf-1(tm1996) mutants by expression of a pdf-1 cDNA in AIM. Error bars indicate SEM; n indicates total number of animals tested; (exp) indicates the number of independent population-based experiments. Maximum likelihood statistical analysis was used to compare PL values, ***p<0.001, **p<0.01, ns: no statistically significant difference (p≥0.05).