Over the last 30 years, many laboratories have examined, in parallel, the feeding behaviour
of gastropod molluscs and the properties of the nervous system that give rise to this …

Aplysia feeding is striking in that it is executed with a great deal of plasticity. At least in part,
this flexibility is a result of the organization of the feeding neural network. To illustrate this …

The Aplysia multifunctional feeding central pattern generator (CPG) produces at least two
types of motor programs, ingestion and egestion, that involve two sets of radula movements …

We use a multidisciplinary approach to identify, map, and characterize the bioactivity of
modulatory neuropeptides in the circuitry that generates feeding behavior in Aplysia. Matrix …

It has been proposed that a choice of specific behaviors can be mediated either by activation
of behavior-specific higher order neurons or by distinct combinations of such neurons in …

Coordination of two sets of movements, protraction–retraction versus opening–closing, of
the feeding apparatus (the radula) in ingestive and egestive motor programs of Aplysia …

Background: Most motor systems can generate a variety of behaviors, including
categorically different behaviors and variants of a single motor act within the same …

During the past few years, much attention has been given to the role of short-term synaptic
plasticity, in particular depression and facilitation, in sculpting network activity. A recent study …

GABAergic inhibitory interneurons regulate the activity of diverse types of neural networks,
but the specific roles of these interneurons in motor control are poorly understood. In the …

Consummatory feeding movements in Aplysia californica are organized by a central pattern
generator (CPG) in the buccal ganglia. Buccal motor programs similar to those organized by …