Changes of internal state are expressed in coherent shifts of neuromuscular activity in Aplysia feeding behavior

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1268-1280

  Zhurov, Yuriy ^a   Proekt, Alex ^a   Weiss, Klaudiusz R ^a   Brezina, Vladimir ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aplysia; Behavioral plasticity; Central pattern generator; Feeding behavior; Internal state; Motor programs; Neuromuscular system

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY RADULA CLOSER MUSCLE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; ESOPHAGUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS; INGESTION; INTERNEURON; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOUTH; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADULA OPENER MUSCLE COMPLEX; RECORDING;

ANIMALS; APLYSIA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; INTERNEURONS; MEMORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 13944274450     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3361-04.2005     Document Type: Article

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