Over the last 2 decades, a large number of neurophysiological and neuroimaging studies of
patients with schizophrenia have furnished in vivo evidence for dysconnectivity, ie, abnormal …

The medicinal leech has served as an important experimental preparation for neuroscience
research since the late 19th century. Initial anatomical and developmental studies dating …

Central pattern generators (CPGs) are circuits that generate organized and repetitive motor
patterns, such as those underlying feeding, locomotion and respiration. We summarize …

Rhythmically active neuronal networks give rise to rhythmic motor activities but also to
seemingly non-rhythmic behaviors such as sleep, arousal, addiction, memory and cognition …

Adult nervous systems are so complex that understanding how they produce behaviour
remains a real challenge. We chose to study hatchling Xenopus tadpoles where behaviour …

Serotonin is a major modulator of behavior in vertebrates and invertebrates and deficiencies
in the serotonergic system account for several behavioral disorders in humans. The small …

Central pattern generators are subject to extensive modulation that generates flexibility in
the rhythmic outputs of these neural networks. The effects of neuromodulators interact with …

The complexity of nervous systems alters the evolvability of behaviour. Complex nervous
systems are phylogenetically constrained; nevertheless particular species-specific …

Behavioral homology is often assumed to involve similarity in underlying neuronal
mechanisms. Here, we provide a counterexample where homologous behaviors are …

Finding a treatment for spinal cord injury (SCI) focuses on reconnecting the spinal cord by
promoting regeneration across the lesion site. However, while regeneration is necessary for …