Meeting Abstract S1.4 Tuesday, Jan. 4 Passing Phases: Structure of a neural circuit that couples modular neural oscillators MULLONEY, B.*; SMARANDACHE, C.R.; Mulloney bcmulloney@ucdavis.edu Many behavioral tasks require synchronization of distributed neural circuits, but the neural mechanisms that synchronize them are largely unknown. In the crayfish CNS, the modular local circuits that control swimmerets are distributed in […]
year: 2011
Neuronal Control of Breathing Rhythms within Rhythms, Networks within Networks
Meeting Abstract S1.8 Tuesday, Jan. 4 Neuronal Control of Breathing: Rhythms within Rhythms, Networks within Networks. RAMIREZ, JM*; ZANELLA, S; GARCIA III, AJ; KOCH, H; DOI, A; University of Washington, Seattle; Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle; Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle; Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle; Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle nino1@uw.edu The neuronal control of breathing […]
Forty years of gastropod feeding multiple buccal motor patterns but conservation of apparently homologous neuronal circuitry in rasping heterobranchs
Meeting Abstract S1.7 Tuesday, Jan. 4 Forty years of gastropod feeding: multiple buccal motor patterns but conservation of apparently homologous neuronal circuitry in rasping heterobranchs. RAMAKRISHNAN, S; YASHINA, I; MURPHY, A/D*; Univ. of Illinois at Chicago; Univ. of Illinois at Chicago; Univ. of Illinois at Chicago dmurphy@uic.edu Feeding in the snail, Helisoma, was originally described as a […]
Flexibility in the patterning and control of axial locomotor networks in lamprey
Meeting Abstract S1.6 Tuesday, Jan. 4 Flexibility in the patterning and control of axial locomotor networks in lamprey BUCHANAN, J.T.; Marquette Univ james.buchanan@marquette.edu In lower vertebrates, locomotor burst generators for axial muscles generally produce unitary bursts that alternate between the two sides of the body. In lamprey, a lower vertebrate fish, locomotor activity in the axial ventral […]
Discussion
Meeting Abstract S1.11 Tuesday, Jan. 4 Discussion
Coping with Variability in Small Neuronal Networks
Meeting Abstract S1.1 Tuesday, Jan. 4 Coping with Variability in Small Neuronal Networks CALABRESE, Ronald L; Emory University ronald.calabrese@emory.edu The small neuronal networks that comprise invertebrate CPGs display a 2-5 fold range of intrinsic membrane currents and synaptic strengths across animals and yet produce functional output. In the leech heartbeat CPG, the patterned output of premotor interneurons […]
Brainstem neurons switch each other into pacemaker mode to drive movement by activating NMDARs
Meeting Abstract S1.2 Tuesday, Jan. 4 Brainstem neurons switch each other into pacemaker mode to drive movement by activating NMDARs LI, W.*; ROBERTS, A; SOFFE, S.R.; the University of St Andrews; the University of Bristol; the University of Bristol wl21@st-andrews.ac.uk Rhythmic activity is central to brain function. In the vertebrate central nervous system, the neuronal circuits for […]
Plenary Talk Complex, computational and collaborative challenges of integrative research and education
Meeting Abstract PLEN.1 Plenary Talk Complex, computational and collaborative: challenges of integrative research and education Daniels, T.
Xenopus laevis does not need to use lungs to breath
Meeting Abstract P3.150 Thursday, Jan. 6 Xenopus laevis does not need to use lungs to breath ROSE, C.S.*; JAMES, B.D.; James Madison University rosecs@jmu.edu Amphibians differ from other tetrapods in utilizing gills and lungs as larvae. While lung use is considered obligatory in frogs, when tadpoles start using lungs and when lung use becomes obligatory is unclear. […]
XROMM analysis of pharyngeal jaw function in Grass Carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella
Meeting Abstract P3.68 Thursday, Jan. 6 XROMM analysis of pharyngeal jaw function in Grass Carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella TARRANT, J C*; GIDMARK, N J; BRAINERD, E L; Brown University; Brown University; Brown University James_Tarrant@brown.edu Herbivory is a challenging feeding mode for vertebrates since they do not innately produce digestive enzymes that can break down cellulose. The herbivorous Grass […]
