Lessons from the Crunchies & Squishies

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Outline

1. The crab foregut

2. The Stomatogastric Nervous System

3. The Stomatogastric Ganglion

4. Circuit-based mechanisms that sculpt neural activity

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      ​The Pyloric Circuit

      • Electrical coupling

      • Inhibition & post-inhibitory rebound

      • Membrane properties underlie timing

   2. The Gastric Mill Circuit

      • Descending modulatory systems

      • Presynaptic inhibition

   3. Circuit coordination

5. Dissecting a circuit

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Slides

• Crunchies & Squishies

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Reading For Class

• Selverston, A., Elson, R., Rabinovich, M., Huerta, R. & Abarbanel, H. Basic principles for generating motor output in the stomatogastric ganglion. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 860, 35–50 (1998).

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