Title
Connecting Model Species to Nature: Predator-Induced Long-Term Sensitization in Aplysia californica
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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Comments
This article was originally published in Learning & Memory, volume 21, issue 8, in 2014. DOI: 10.1101/lm.034330.114