A Circuit Analysis and Computational Model of Operant Conditioning in Aplysia

Abstract

Our primary objective is to carry out a cellular and computational analysis of operant conditioning of the head waving response in Aplysia. During the last twelve month period, progress has been made in four areas: (1) We have now identified the critical muscle groups and motor neurons responsible for generating the operant response (head waving); (2) We have now identified the interganglionic connections in the CNS that are necessary for coordinating headwaving movements in Aplysia; (3) We have found that the endogenous firing rate of headwaving motor neurons can be operantly conditioned in a preparation consisting only of the isolated CNS attached to the oral veil (reinforcement pathway); and (4) We have developed techniques for a network model of information processing in the CNS of Aplysia.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA240120

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  • Thomas J. Carew

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  • Yale University

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  • Abstracts
  • Circuit Analysis
  • Circuits
  • Ecology
  • Firing Rate
  • Information Processing
  • Learning
  • Motor Neurons
  • Networks
  • Neural Networks
  • Neural Pathways
  • Neurons
  • Signal Processing
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  • Biology

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