Known as the bible of biomedical engineering, The Biomedical Engineering Handbook,
Fourth Edition, sets the standard against which all other references of this nature are …

A breakthrough for studying the neuronal basis of learning emerged when invertebrates with
simple nervous systems, such as the sea slug Hermissenda crassicornis, were shown to …

Descriptions of conditioned response generation in Hermissenda stipulate that the synaptic
interaction between type B and A photoreceptors should be enhanced after associative …

Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is a prevalent neurotransmitter in both vertebrate and
invertebrate systems. Here we report that, in addition to its usual inhibitory actions, GABA …

Classical conditioning of Hermissenda crassicornis requires the paired presentation of a
conditioned stimulus (light) and an unconditioned stimulus (turbulence). Light stimulation of …

The sea slug Hermissenda learns to associate light and hair cell stimulation, but not when
the stimuli are temporally uncorrelated. Memory storage, which requires an elevation in …

A model of phototransduction is developed as a first step toward a model for investigating
the critical interaction of light and turbulence stimuli within the type B photoreceptor of …

Abstract Serotonin (5-HT) applied to the exposed but otherwise intact nervous system results
in enhanced excitability of Hermissenda type-B photoreceptors. Several ion currents in the …

Pavlovian conditioning in Hermissenda produces a decrease in voltage-dependent (IK, A
and I Ca) and Ca 2+-dependent (IK, Ca) currents, and an increase in the action potential …

We present a phase model of a repetitively firing neuron possessing a phase-dependent
stochastic response to periodic inhibition. We analyze the dynamics in terms of a stochastic …