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Convergent effects of peptides on the initiation of feeding motor programs in the mollusk Aplysia

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The activity of most networks is affected by multiple neuromodulators. Studies that have sought to determine why this is the case have focused on how the effects of one modulator differ from those of another (how modulators uniquely determine motor output). This study differs in that we ask why a convergent (common) network modification is important. We show that it can promote program induction and present data that suggest this may have consequences for task switching.

Source: Journal of Neurophysiology

DOI: 10.1152/jn.00042.2025

Authors: Colin G. Evans, Michael A. Barry, Carrie N. Reaver, Paras R. Patel, Cynthia A. Chestek, Matthew H. Perkins, Jian Jing, Elizabeth C. Cropper

Institutions: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, University of Michigan, Nanjing University

Language: English

Topic: Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Subfield: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: Government of Guangdong Province, National Institutes of Health, National Natural Science Foundation of China-Guangdong Joint Fund, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Awards: G1679180756, A novel approach to analyzing functional connectomics and combinatorial control in a tractable small-brain closed-loop system, G3823350654, G3893903391, G4146578830, G4585329816, G530995965, G6200936649, G6892890737, G7396752536, G7980962213, Neural Basis of Behavioral Flexibility, G9000042183, G9000319406

OpenAlex ID: W4409167402

FWCI: 0.686

Cites: 77

Cited by: 2

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