Paramecium learning: New insights

A Alipour, M Dorvash, Y Yeganeh… - The Journal of …, 2018 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Learning is a fundamental process that involves complex neural systems. However,
microorganisms without a nervous system have also been shown to have learning abilities …

Characterization of enhanced ethanol tolerance in Paramecium caudatum after exposure to low ethanol concentrations

Y Chikuda, Y Shimada, Y Hasegawa… - Journal of …, 2020 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Paramecium, a ciliated protozoan, moves using thousands of cilia that cover the entire cell
body. When Paramecium comes into contact with harmful substances such as ethanol, its …

Protozoa Behavior Reproduced by the Combination of Genetic Optimization and Learning

O Nikitin, O Lukyanova - Procedia Computer Science, 2019 - Elsevier
The article is dedicated to the reproduction of behavior of a class of protozoans (ciliates)
using computer simulation and genetic optimization. Protozoans have minimal cognitive …

[HTML][HTML] Microtubule Disruption Without Learning Impairment in the Unicellular Organism, Paramecium: Implications for Information Processing in Microtubules

A Alipour, G Hatam, H Seradj - Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods: To test this hypothesis and study the role of microtubules in P. caudatum learning,
we utilized a learning task in which the organism associates brightness in its swimming …

[PDF][PDF] Accepted Manuscript Accepted Manuscript (Uncorrected Proof) Title: Microtubule Disruption does not Impair Learning in the Unicellular Organism Paramecium …

A Alipour, G Hatam, H Seradj - scholar.archive.org
Abstract Information processing in microtubules is an open question that has not been
properly addressed yet. It was suggested that microtubules could store and process …

Microtubule Disruption does not Impair Learning in the Unicellular Organism Paramecium: Implications for Information Processing in Microtubules

A Alipour, G Hatam, V Salari, H Seradj - bioRxiv, 2019 - biorxiv.org
Abstract Information processing in microtubules is an open question that has not been
properly addressed yet. It was suggested that microtubules could store and process …