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The Role Of Behavioral Diversity In Determining The Extent To Which Central Pattern Generators Are Modulated, Jacob Salman Kazmi
The Role Of Behavioral Diversity In Determining The Extent To Which Central Pattern Generators Are Modulated, Jacob Salman Kazmi
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Neuromodulation may be a substrate for the evolution of behavioral diversity. The extent to which a central pattern generator is modulated could serve as a mechanism that enables variability in motor output dependent on an organism’s need for behavioral flexibility. The pyloric circuit, a central pattern generator in the crustacean stomatogastric nervous system (STNS), stimulates contractions of foregut muscles in digestion. Since neuromodulation enables variation in the movements of pyloric muscles, more diverse feeding patterns should be correlated with a higher degree of STNS neuromodulation. Previous data have shown that Cancer borealis, an opportunistic feeder, is sensitive to a …