Understanding circuit dynamics using the stomatogastric nervous system of lobsters and crabs

E Marder, D Bucher - Annu. Rev. Physiol., 2007 - annualreviews.org
Studies of the stomatogastric nervous systems of lobsters and crabs have led to numerous
insights into the cellular and circuit mechanisms that generate rhythmic motor patterns. The …

A review of gastric processing in decapod crustaceans

IJ McGaw, DL Curtis - Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 2013 - Springer
This article reviews the mechanical processes associated with digestion in decapod
crustaceans. The decapod crustacean gut is essentially an internal tube that is divided into …

Degenerate neuronal and circuit mechanisms important for generating rhythmic motor patterns

RL Calabrese, E Marder - Physiological reviews, 2025 - journals.physiology.org
In 1996, we published a review article (Marder E, Calabrese RL. Physiol Rev 76: 687–717,
1996) describing the state of knowledge about the structure and function of the central …

Circuit robustness to temperature perturbation is altered by neuromodulators

SA Haddad, E Marder - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
In the ocean, the crab Cancer borealis is subject to daily and seasonal temperature
changes. Previous work, done in the presence of descending modulatory inputs, had shown …

Coordination of fast and slow rhythmic neuronal circuits

M Bartos, Y Manor, F Nadim, E Marder… - Journal of …, 1999 - Soc Neuroscience
Interactions among rhythmically active neuronal circuits that oscillate at different frequencies
are important for generating complex behaviors, yet little is known about the underlying …

Compensation for variable intrinsic neuronal excitability by circuit-synaptic interactions

R Grashow, T Brookings, E Marder - Journal of Neuroscience, 2010 - Soc Neuroscience
Recent theoretical and experimental work indicates that neurons tune themselves to
maintain target levels of excitation by modulating ion channel expression and synaptic …

Differential modulation of neural network and pacemaker activity underlying eupnea and sigh-breathing activities

AK Tryba, F Peña, SP Lieske… - Journal of …, 2008 - journals.physiology.org
Many networks generate distinct rhythms with multiple frequency and amplitude
characteristics. The respiratory network in the pre-Bötzinger complex (pre-Böt) generates …

Opposing modulatory effects of D1-and D2-like receptor activation on a spinal central pattern generator

S Clemens, A Belin-Rauscent… - Journal of …, 2012 - journals.physiology.org
The role of dopamine in regulating spinal cord function is receiving increasing attention, but
its actions on spinal motor networks responsible for rhythmic behaviors remain poorly …

Animal-to-animal variability in neuromodulation and circuit function

AW Hamood, E Marder - Cold Spring Harbor symposia on …, 2014 - symposium.cshlp.org
Each animal alive in the world is different from all other individuals, while sharing most
attributes of form and function with others of the same species. Still other attributes are …

Motor program selection in simple model systems

I Kupfermann, KR Weiss - Current opinion in neurobiology, 2001 - Elsevier
In recent years, studies of molluscan and crustacean feeding circuits have greatly expanded
our knowledge of how the nervous system selects specific behaviors. Increasing use of …