Variations on a theme: species differences in synaptic connectivity do not predict central pattern generator activity

The central pattern generator underlying swimming in Dendronotus iris: a simple half-center network oscillator with a twist

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Species-specific wiring for direction selectivity in the mammalian retina

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Robust circuit rhythms in small circuits arise from variable circuit components and mechanisms

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Vertebrate brains and evolutionary connectomics: on the origins of the mammalian 'neocortex'

(2015) H. J. Karten   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Evolution of central pattern generators and rhythmic behaviours

(2015) Paul S. Katz   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Relationships within Cladobranchia (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) based on RNA-Seq data: an initial investigation

(2015) Jessica A. Goodheart et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Two interconnected kernels of reciprocally inhibitory interneurons underlie alternating left-right swim motor pattern generation in the mollusk Melibe leonina

(2014) Akira Sakurai et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Hidden synaptic differences in a neural circuit underlie differential behavioral susceptibility to a neural injury

(2014) Akira Sakurai et al.   eLife

A Tale That Morphology Fails to Tell: A Molecular Phylogeny of Aeolidiidae (Aeolidida, Nudibranchia, Gastropoda)

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Spikes matter for phase-locked bursting in inhibitory neurons

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Neurochemical and Neuroanatomical Identification of Central Pattern Generator Neuron Homologues in Nudipleura Molluscs

(2012) Joshua L. Lillvis et al.   PLoS One

Homology and homoplasy of swimming behaviors and neural circuits in the Nudipleura (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia)

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Different Roles for Homologous Interneurons in Species Exhibiting Similar Rhythmic Behaviors

(2011) Akira Sakurai et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Animal-to-animal variability of connection strength in the leech heartbeat central pattern generator

(2011) Rebecca C. Roffman et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Neural mechanisms underlying the evolvability of behaviour

(2011) P. S. Katz   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Species-specific behavioral patterns correlate with differences in synaptic connections between homologous mechanosensory neurons

(2010) Michael J. Baltzley et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

Fast reciprocal inhibition can synchronize bursting neurons

(2010) Sajiya Jalil et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Homology and the hierarchy of biological systems

(2008) Ralf J. Sommer   BIOESSAYS

Different functions for homologous serotonergic interneurons and serotonin in species-specific rhythmic behaviours

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