Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2014
Abstract
Previous research on sensitization in Aplysia was based entirely on unnatural noxious stimuli, usually electric shock, until our laboratory found that a natural noxious stimulus, a single sublethal lobster attack, causes short-term sensitization. We here extend that finding by demonstrating that multiple lobster attacks induce long-term sensitization (>= 24 h) as well as similar, although not identical, neuronal correlates as observed after electric shock. Together these findings establish long-and short-term sensitization caused by sublethal predator attack as a natural equivalent to sensitization caused by artificial stimuli.
Recommended Citation
Mason, Maria J., et al. "Connecting model species to nature: predator-induced long-term sensitization in Aplysia californica." Learning & Memory 21.8 (2014): 363-367. doi: 10.1101/lm.034330.114
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This article was originally published in Learning & Memory, volume 21, issue 8, in 2014. DOI: 10.1101/lm.034330.114