The mechanism from gene to protein, also known as the central dogma, has been one of the fundamental principles of biology. From the start of transcription, to the production of a mature RNA transcript, and to the translation of RNA into protein, regulatory steps control the entire process. Studies have revealed many layers of quality control, especially in regards to mRNA stability, decay, localization and translation. In the nervous system, the idea of mRNA regulation is tempting in regards to certain events, such as those that require quick responses to stimuli. Key experiments have identified ribosomes in dendrites of neurons. RNA binding proteins (RBPs) that localize cytoplasmically and sequences within the untranslated regions of mRNA that mediate binding of these RBPs that regulate its localization and stability. It has become apparent that both cis and trans elements contribute to this tightly controlled network of biology but few studies have examined this interaction in the nervous system of C. elegans. In the following chapters I will describe my studies using the model organism C. elegans to examine RBPs in the nervous system with specific regard to a transcription factor, cebp-1, whose 3'UTR has important roles in controlling its expression during development and adult stages, and two trans factors that may regulate cebp-1 through cebp-1's 3'UTR