Operant conditioning in invertebrates.

@article{citeulike:877188, abstract = {Learning to anticipate future events on the basis of past experience with the consequences of one's own behavior (operant conditioning) is a simple form of learning that humans share with most other animals, including invertebrates. Three model organisms have recently made significant contributions towards a mechanistic model of operant conditioning, because of their special technical advantages. Research using the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster implicated the ignorant gene in operant conditioning in the heat-box, research on the sea slug Aplysia californica contributed a cellular mechanism of behavior selection at a convergence point of operant behavior and reward, and research on the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis elucidated the role of a behavior-initiating neuron in operant conditioning. These insights demonstrate the usefulness of a variety of invertebrate model systems to complement and stimulate research in vertebrates.}, address = {Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, The University of Texas-Houston Medical School, 6431 Fannin, MSB 7.312, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. bjoern@brembs.net}, author = {Brembs, B. }, citeulike-article-id = {877188}, issn = {0959-4388}, journal = {Curr Opin Neurobiol}, keywords = {aplysia, drosophila, flies, learning, memory, neurobiology, neuroscience, snails}, month = {December}, number = {6}, pages = {710--717}, posted-at = {2006-09-29 08:02:14}, priority = {0}, title = {Operant conditioning in invertebrates.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14662373}, volume = {13}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:877188 L3 - citeulike-article-id:877188 TI - Operant conditioning in invertebrates. JF - Curr Opin Neurobiol VL - 13 IS - 6 SP - 710 EP - 717 AD - Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, The University of Texas-Houston Medical School, 6431 Fannin, MSB 7.312, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. bjoern@brembs.net SN - 0959-4388 N2 - Learning to anticipate future events on the basis of past experience with the consequences of one's own behavior (operant conditioning) is a simple form of learning that humans share with most other animals, including invertebrates. Three model organisms have recently made significant contributions towards a mechanistic model of operant conditioning, because of their special technical advantages. Research using the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster implicated the ignorant gene in operant conditioning in the heat-box, research on the sea slug Aplysia californica contributed a cellular mechanism of behavior selection at a convergence point of operant behavior and reward, and research on the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis elucidated the role of a behavior-initiating neuron in operant conditioning. These insights demonstrate the usefulness of a variety of invertebrate model systems to complement and stimulate research in vertebrates. KW - aplysia KW - drosophila KW - flies KW - learning KW - memory KW - neurobiology KW - neuroscience KW - snails AU - Brembs, B PY - 2003/12// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14662373 ER -