Dynamical modeling of neural systems and brain functions has a history of success over the
last half century. This includes, for example, the explanation and prediction of some features …

The medicinal leech has served as an important experimental preparation for neuroscience
research since the late 19th century. Initial anatomical and developmental studies dating …

The increasing importance being placed on software measurement has led to an increased
amount of research developing new software measures. Given the importance of object …

Most neuronal networks, even in the absence of external stimuli, produce spontaneous
bursts of spikes separated by periods of reduced activity. The origin and functional role of …

The ideas of dynamical chaos have altered our understanding of the origin of random
appearing behavior in many fields of physics and engineering. In the 1980s and 1990s …

Introduction Studies of categorical decision-making attempt to understand behavior by
probing how different features of complex and changing environments guide the selection of …

Rhythmic activity within the heartbeat pattern generator of the medicinal leech is based on
the alternating bursting of mutually inhibitory pairs of oscillator heart interneurons (half …

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 …

Neuropeptides are a diverse class of signalling molecules that are widely employed as
neurotransmitters and neuromodulators in animals, both invertebrate and vertebrate …

Are there general principles for pattern generation? We examined this question by analyzing
the operation of large populations of evolved model central pattern generators (CPGs) for …