Contested Claims
Evidence pair

WBbt:0003679 vs long

Anatomy·PhenotypeAnimals are longer than control animals at the same developmental stage.

Evidence summary

62 claims between these entities

46Supports
2Refutes
14Uncertain

Refuting evidence (2)

refutespositively regulates52% conf.

Despite producing massive seizure activity, systemic kainic acid administration during the early postnatal period did not induce any neuronal death, and did not result in prolonged c-fos expression in any brain structures.

Cycloheximide prevents kainate-induced neuronal death and c-fos expression in adult rat brain.PMID:8292488(1993)
refutesregulates51% conf.

These effects are restored to normal levels in mutant worms lacking functional olfactory AWB neurons, suggesting a potential role of odor perception in the regulation of animal physiology and longevity.

Exposure to an aversive odor alters Caenorhabditis elegans physiology.PMID:38764945(2024)

Supporting evidence (46)

supportsprevents52% conf.

There is a progressive loss of such neurons with age, and the process can be prevented by adrenalectomy at mid-age or accelerated by prolonged exposure to high circulating titers of glucocorticoids.

A mechanism for glucocorticoid toxicity in the hippocampus: increased neuronal vulnerability to metabolic insults.PMID:3998819(1985)
supportspositively regulates52% conf.

Depolarization of the neurons with a mixture of ionotropic glutamate receptor agonists, NMDA and kainate, or potassium channel blockers, tetraethylammonium and 4-aminopyridine, induced transient expression of endogenous Homer1a and persistent neuritic localization of transfected mGluR5 even long after degradation of Homer1a.

Dendritic and axonal targeting of type 5 metabotropic glutamate receptor is regulated by homer1 proteins and neuronal excitation.PMID:11102477(2000)
supportspositively regulates52% conf.

Various transcriptional activators are induced in neurons concomitantly with long-lasting neural activity, whereas only a few transcription factors are known to act as neural activity-inducible transcription repressors.

Seizure-mediated neuronal activation induces DREAM gene expression in the mouse brain.PMID:12531529(2002)
supportspositively regulates52% conf.

Although dopamine D2 antagonist administration induces immediate early gene expression preferentially in PV- GP neurons, little is known about long-term regulation of PV- versus PV+ GP neurons.

Glutamic acid decarboxylase 67 mRNA regulation in two globus pallidus neuron populations by dopamine and the subthalamic nucleus.PMID:15044549(2004)
supportspositively regulates52% conf.

Several hypothalamic neurons have been identified as regulators of mammalian longevity, and manipulating them promotes lifespan extension or shortens the lifespan in rodent models.

Role of the central nervous system in cell non-autonomous signaling mechanisms of aging and longevity in mammals.PMID:39217308(2024)
supportspositively regulates52% conf.

In addition, SOM was also able to suppress the increased neuronal expression of pro- and anti-inflammatory peptides induced by long-term exposure to HIS and 5-HT.

Somatostatin modulates mast cell-induced responses in murine spinal neurons and satellite cells.PMID:19477916(2009)
supportsexpressed in52% conf.

Acetylated tubulin is only expressed in neurons that form long axon tracts.

Embryonic development of the nervous system of the temnocephalid flatworm Craspedella pedum.PMID:11329129(2001)
supportspositively regulates52% conf.

The antitermination activity of CK1δ establishes the mature state of a neuron by promoting the expression of the long isoform of a single gene, the cytoskeleton protein Ankyrin.

Casein Kinase 1δ Stabilizes Mature Axons by Inhibiting Transcription Termination of Ankyrin.PMID:31910362(2020)
supportspositively regulates52% conf.

The objectives of this study included an investigation of the effect of KP rhizome extract against glutamate-induced toxicity in mouse hippocampal HT-22 neuronal cells, determination of the underlying mechanism of neuroprotection, and an evaluation of the effect of KP extract on the longevity of Caenorhabditis elegans.

Kaempferia parviflora Rhizome Extract Inhibits Glutamate-Induced Toxicity in HT-22 Mouse Hippocampal Neuronal Cells and Extends Longevity in Caenorhabditis elegans.PMID:33810282(2021)
supportspositively regulates52% conf.

Our findings shed light on metabolic mechanisms promoted through SK channel activation through mitohormesis, which enhances neuronal resilience against ferroptosis in vitro and promotes longevity in vivo.

SK channel-mediated metabolic escape to glycolysis inhibits ferroptosis and supports stress resistance in C. elegans.PMID:32327637(2020)
supportspositively regulates52% conf.

We then show that neurons are crucial tissues for the longevity-promoting role of kin-4.

KIN-4/MAST kinase promotes PTEN-mediated longevity of Caenorhabditis elegans via binding through a PDZ domain.PMID:30773781(2019)
supportsrequired for52% conf.

Functional diversity of kinesins is especially apparent in polarized neurons, where long distance trafficking is required for efficient signal transduction-behavioral response paradigms.

The Kinesin-3 motor, KLP-4, mediates axonal organization and cholinergic signaling in Caenorhabditis elegans.PMID:32123843(2019)
supportsregulates52% conf.

The conserved COE-type terminal selector UNC-3 not only controls the expression of traits shared by all members of a neuron class, but is also required for subclass-specific traits expressed along the A-P axis.

An intersectional gene regulatory strategy defines subclass diversity of C. elegans motor neurons.PMID:28677525(2017)
supportspositively regulates52% conf.

Using the interactions between Caenorhabditis elegans and its predator, Pristionchus pacificus, we show that neuronal perception by C. elegans of a predator-specific molecular signature induces instantaneous escape behavior and a prolonged reduction in oviposition.

Predator-secreted sulfolipids induce defensive responses in C. elegans.PMID:29555902(2018)
supportspositively regulates52% conf.

Activation of Gαq in AWC sensory neurons non-cell autonomously induces consolidation after one CS-US pairing, enabling both cognitive function maintenance with age and restoration of memory function in animals with impaired memory performance without decreased longevity.

Activation of Gαq Signaling Enhances Memory Consolidation and Slows Cognitive Decline.PMID:29656871(2018)
supportsregulates52% conf.

Distinct pools of premotor interneurons project along the ventral nerve cord to innervate all members of the A- and B-class motor neurons, modulating their oscillations, as well as promoting their bi-directional coupling.

Caenorhabditis elegans excitatory ventral cord motor neurons derive rhythm for body undulation.PMID:30201835(2018)
supportsregulates52% conf.

Together, neuron-specific and canonical IIS/FOXO-regulated targets enable the coordinated extension of neuronal activities, metabolism, and longevity under low-insulin signalling conditions.

The C. elegans adult neuronal IIS/FOXO transcriptome reveals adult phenotype regulators.PMID:26675724(2016)
supportspositively regulates52% conf.

Our work illustrates how temperature experience is integrated by the thermosensory circuit to generate neuropeptide signals that remodel insulin and sterol hormone signaling and reveals a neuronal-endocrine circuit driven by thermosensation to promote temperature-specific longevity.

A C. elegans Thermosensory Circuit Regulates Longevity through crh-1/CREB-Dependent flp-6 Neuropeptide Signaling.PMID:27720609(2016)
supportsregulates52% conf.

In C. elegans neurons, orthologues of LRRK2 and RAB7L1 act coordinately in an ordered genetic pathway to regulate axonal elongation.

LRRK2 and RAB7L1 coordinately regulate axonal morphology and lysosome integrity in diverse cellular contexts.PMID:27424887(2016)
supportspositively regulates52% conf.

Given the known gas-sensing property of these neurons, we profiled that lifespan of C. elegans is promoted under moderately low oxygen (4-12%) or moderately high carbon dioxide (5%) but inhibited under high-level oxygen (40%); however, these pro-longevity and anti-longevity effects are counteracted, respectively, by BAG and URX neurons via different GCYs.

Counterbalance between BAG and URX neurons via guanylate cyclases controls lifespan homeostasis in C. elegans.PMID:23584532(2013)
supportsrequired for52% conf.

Thus, touch sensory neurons ALM and AVM in the body are required for C. elegans to sense and move along obstacles, whereas the ASH and FLP neurons in the nose are required only for sensing of but not moving along obstacles.

C. elegans sensing of and entrainment along obstacles require different neurons at different body locations.PMID:24284409(2013)
supportspositively regulates52% conf.

Neuronally derived XBP-1s was sufficient to rescue stress resistance, increase longevity, and activate the UPR(ER) in distal, non-neuronal cell types through a cell-nonautonomous mechanism.

XBP-1 is a cell-nonautonomous regulator of stress resistance and longevity.PMID:23791175(2013)
supportsregulates52% conf.

While most sensory neurons will adapt to prolonged stimulation by down-regulating their responsiveness to the signal, it is not clear which events initiate long-lasting sensory adaptation.

Regulators of AWC-mediated olfactory plasticity in Caenorhabditis elegans.PMID:20011101(2009)
supportsregulates52% conf.

To investigate the interaction between the genes required for the functions of AWA olfactory neuron and insulin/IGF signaling in regulating the longevity of nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans).

Genes required for the functions of olfactory AWA neuron regulate the longevity of Caenorhabditis elegans in an insulin/IGF signaling-dependent fashion.PMID:20332814(2010)
supportscauses52% conf.

Neuronal membranes are enriched in long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs) and alterations in LC-PUFA metabolism cause debilitating neuronal pathologies.

Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids are required for efficient neurotransmission in C. elegans.PMID:14625390(2003)
supportsregulates52% conf.

In the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, gustatory and olfactory neurons regulate aging and longevity.

Regulation of Drosophila life span by olfaction and food-derived odors.PMID:17272684(2007)
supportsregulates52% conf.

To gain insight into the neuronal mechanisms regulating this locomotion, we analyzed the locomotory behavior of C. elegans over a long time period.

Neurons regulating the duration of forward locomotion in Caenorhabditis elegans.PMID:15288503(2004)
supportsregulates52% conf.

The importance of glia in regulating neuronal survival had been long recognized.

Glia-neuron interactions in nervous system function and development.PMID:16243596(2005)
supportsexpressed in52% conf.

When ectopically expressed in the touch neurons, which normally extend ventrally or longitudinally, UNC-5 is able to reorient their axons toward the dorsal side in an UNC-6-dependent manner.

Suppressors of ectopic UNC-5 growth cone steering identify eight genes involved in axon guidance in Caenorhabditis elegans.PMID:9473333(1998)
supportsregulates52% conf.

The coupling between neurons is controlled by neuromodulators that act over long timescales.

Dynamic functional connectivity in the static connectome of Caenorhabditis elegans.PMID:35183877(2022)
supportscauses52% conf.

Finally, DEG/ENaC channels can become toxic and cause neuronal death when they are hyperactivated by genetic mutations or prolonged acidosis causing them to contribute to neuronal demise in stroke and ischemia.

DEG/ENaC Ion Channels in the Function of the Nervous System: From Worm to Man.PMID:35138615(2021)
supportspositively regulates52% conf.

We show P. edulis pericarp protects against memory deficit and neuronal loss, and promotes longevity in the Aβ model of AD via stimulation of mitophagy, a selective cellular clearance of damaged and dysfunctional mitochondria.

P. edulis Extract Protects Against Amyloid-β Toxicity in Alzheimer's Disease Models Through Maintenance of Mitochondrial Homeostasis via the FOXO3/DAF-16 Pathway.PMID:35739408(2022)
supportspositively regulates52% conf.

Here we report a fat-to-neuron lipid signalling pathway induced by lysosomal metabolism and its longevity-promoting role in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Lysosome lipid signalling from the periphery to neurons regulates longevity.PMID:35681008(2022)
supportsregulates52% conf.

AAK-2a functions exclusively in neurons to modulate GR-mediated longevity via neuropeptide signaling.

A new AMPK isoform mediates glucose-restriction induced longevity non-cell autonomously by promoting membrane fluidity.PMID:36653384(2023)
supportscauses52% conf.

In this study, we demonstrated that PM2.5 caused behavioral defects and neuronal damage in Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans), along with significant gene expression changes in neurotransmitter receptors and a decrease in VitB12 content, causing behavioral defects and neuronal damage in C. elegans.

PM2.5 induced neurotoxicity through unbalancing vitamin B12 metabolism by gut microbiota disturbance.PMID:37842922(2023)
supportsregulates52% conf.

Using carefully-designed neuronal-specific reconstitution of HLH-30 in loss of function hlh-30 mutants, we found a role for neuronal HLH-30 in modulating longevity and heat stress response via neurotransmission-mediated peripheral mitochondrial fragmentation.

Neuronal HLH-30/TFEB modulates thermoresistance and longevity in C. elegans.PMID:37837476(2023)
supportspositively regulates52% conf.

Because C. elegans has helped reveal neuronal and epigenetic mechanisms that are shared among animals as diverse as roundworms and humans, and because of the evolutionary conservation of the dopaminergic response to psychostimulants, data collected in this study could help us to identify the mechanisms through which Amph induces long-lasting physiological and behavioral changes in mammals.

Amphetamine Exposure during Embryogenesis Alters Expression and Function of Tyrosine Hydroxylase and the Vesicular Monoamine Transporter in Adult C. elegans.PMID:38673805(2024)
supportspositively regulates52% conf.

While AVA phasically inhibits the forward promoting interneuron AVB at a fast timescale, it maintains a tonic, extrasynaptic excitation on AVB over the longer timescale.

A tonically active master neuron modulates mutually exclusive motor states at two timescales.PMID:38598630(2024)
supportspositively regulates52% conf.

These studies identify G3BP1 granules as a key regulator of axon growth in CNS neurons and demonstrate that disassembly of these granules promotes retinal axon regeneration in injured optic nerve and reticulospinal axon elongation into permissive environments after CNS injury.

Disruption of G3BP1 Granules Promotes Mammalian CNS and PNS Axon Regeneration.PMID:38895344(2025)
supportspositively regulates52% conf.

These studies identify G3BP1 granules as a key regulator of axon growth in CNS neurons and demonstrate that disassembly of these granules promotes retinal axon regeneration in injured optic nerve and reticulospinal axon elongation into permissive environments after CNS injury.

Disruption of G3BP1 granules promotes mammalian CNS and PNS axon regeneration.PMID:40014573(2025)
supportsregulates52% conf.

The exposure to C. elegans corpses, as well as corpse lysates, activates sensory neurons AWB and ASH, triggering a glutamate- and acetylcholine-dependent signaling cascade that regulates both immediate (aversion) and long-term (survival) responses to the presence of a death signature.

Modulation of C. elegans behavior, fitness, and lifespan by AWB/ASH-dependent death perception.PMID:40250434(2025)
supportsregulates52% conf.

Using a B12-sensitive Caenorhabditis elegans mutant, we show that the neuronal Met-C responds to differential B12 content in diet to regulate p38-MAPK activation in the intestine, thereby modulating cytoprotective gene expression, osmotic stress tolerance, behaviour and longevity.

Methionine cycle in C. elegans serotonergic neurons regulates diet-dependent behaviour and longevity through neuron-gut signaling.PMID:40456752(2025)
supportsregulates52% conf.

The exposure to C. elegans corpses as well as corpse lysates activates sensory neurons AWB and ASH, triggering a glutamate- and acetylcholine-dependent signaling cascade that regulates both immediate (aversion) and long-term (survival) responses to the presence of a death signature.

C. elegans behavior, fitness, and lifespan, are modulated by AWB/ASH-dependent death perception.PMID:39416137(2024)
supportsregulates52% conf.

Primary sensory neurons rapidly adapt their sensitivities via posttranslational mechanisms including regulated trafficking of sensory molecules1-4 but also alter their transcriptional profiles on longer timescales to adapt to persistent sensory stimuli5-8.

Experience-dependent reconfiguration of receptors at a sensory compartment regulates neuronal plasticity.PMID:40855883(2025)
supportsregulates52% conf.

Primary sensory neurons not only rapidly adapt their sensitivities via posttranslational mechanisms, including regulated trafficking of sensory molecules,1,2,3,4 but also alter their transcriptional profiles on longer timescales to adapt to persistent sensory stimuli.5,6,7,8 How diverse transcriptional and posttranscriptional pathways are coordinated in individual sensory neurons to accurately adjust their functions and drive behavioral plasticity is unclear.

Experience-dependent reconfiguration of thermoreceptors regulates neuronal response plasticity.PMID:41610847(2026)
supportsregulates51% conf.

A signal transduction pathway in neurons involving receptors coupled to phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase, Akt and glycogen synthase kinase-3beta appears to play a key role in regulation of longevity by the brain.

How does the brain control lifespan?PMID:12039436(2002)

Uncertain evidence (14)

uncertainpositively regulates52% conf.

Overreactive innate immunity mediated by activated microglia may exacerbate acute injury to neuronal synapses and contribute to the long-term epileptogenic effects of early-life seizures.

A postnatal peak in microglial development in the mouse hippocampus is correlated with heightened sensitivity to seizure triggers.PMID:26807334(2015)
uncertainregulates52% conf.

In summary, our findings reveal that PV neurons in the NAc shell could modulate the seizures in TLE via a long-range NAc-Hip circuit.

Parvalbumin neurons in the nucleus accumbens shell modulate seizure in temporal lobe epilepsy.PMID:38522590(2024)
uncertainpositively regulates52% conf.

Quisqualate-induced late neuronal degeneration may be due to another unexpected process: cellular quisqualate uptake and delayed release, converting brief addition into prolonged exposure.

Non-NMDA receptor-mediated neurotoxicity in cortical culture.PMID:2406381(1990)
uncertainpositively regulates52% conf.

The present study was directed at evaluating the possible involvement of protein synthesis in excitotoxin-induced neuronal damage and prolonged expression of the proto-oncogene, c-fos.

Cycloheximide prevents kainate-induced neuronal death and c-fos expression in adult rat brain.PMID:8292488(1993)
uncertainpositively regulates52% conf.

These results indicate that the properties of sodium channels in acutely dissociated hippocampal neurons could be changed following long-term epilepsy, but the alternation might not be enough to induce the channel resistance to CBZ.

Kinetic changes and modulation by carbamazepine on voltage-gated sodium channels in rat CA1 neurons after epilepsy.PMID:17112406(2006)
uncertainpositively regulates52% conf.

Our results highlight a new role for neuronal TORC1 in cell nonautonomous regulation of longevity, and suggest TORC1 in the central nervous system might be targeted to promote healthy aging.

Neuronal TORC1 modulates longevity via AMPK and cell nonautonomous regulation of mitochondrial dynamics in C. elegans.PMID:31411562(2019)
uncertainregulates52% conf.

The genes required for the function of AWA sensory neuron could regulate the nematode longevity in an insulin/IGF signaling-dependent fashion in C. elegans.

Genes required for the functions of olfactory AWA neuron regulate the longevity of Caenorhabditis elegans in an insulin/IGF signaling-dependent fashion.PMID:20332814(2010)
uncertainregulates52% conf.

Therefore, our results strongly suggest that FEZ1 participates in the establishment of neuronal polarity by controlling the mitochondrial motility along axon.

Fasciculation and elongation protein zeta-1 (FEZ1) participates in the polarization of hippocampal neuron by controlling the mitochondrial motility.PMID:17173861(2007)
uncertainregulates52% conf.

Our results suggest that the previously unanticipated nociceptive ASH and/or ADL neurons regulate longevity.

Multiple sensory G proteins in the olfactory, gustatory and nociceptive neurons modulate longevity in Caenorhabditis elegans.PMID:17187771(2007)
uncertainpositively regulates52% conf.

We find that certain gustatory neurons inhibit longevity, whereas others promote longevity, most likely by influencing insulin/IGF-1 signaling.

Regulation of C. elegans longevity by specific gustatory and olfactory neurons.PMID:14715134(2004)
uncertainnegatively regulates52% conf.

In addition, we find that a putative chemosensory G protein-coupled receptor that is expressed in some of these sensory neurons inhibits longevity.

Regulation of C. elegans longevity by specific gustatory and olfactory neurons.PMID:14715134(2004)
uncertainregulates52% conf.

Signals from both neurons and the gonad appear to negatively regulate longevity.

Molecular genetic mechanisms of life span manipulation in Caenorhabditis elegans.PMID:10911946(2000)
uncertainnegatively regulates52% conf.

These findings suggest that ciliary dysfunction in sensory neurons triggers intestinal UPRER, contributing to lifespan extension and implying that transiently inhibiting ciliary channel activity may effectively prolong lifespan.

Inhibition of a cyclic nucleotide-gated channel on neuronal cilia activates unfolded protein response in intestinal cells to promote longevity.PMID:38857399(2024)
uncertainregulates51% conf.

Genetic manipulations of insulin/IGF1 signaling components are revealing neuronal circuits that might resolve the central regulation of systemic metabolism from organism longevity.

Integrating metabolism and longevity through insulin and IGF1 signaling.PMID:23391244(2013)