RUI: Role of Peptides in Modulating the Output of a Small Neural System

小行星9310003 动物的大多数动作都可以在各种内部和外部条件下发生，因此对动物提出了不同的要求。 因此，负责产生电机输出以驱动有节奏运动的中央模式发生器是高度灵活的。 在不同神经调质的影响下，这些模式发生器可以产生各种不同的输出。 此外，许多运动需要大量肌肉群的协调，包括可能也参与控制其他行为的肌肉群。 在功能相关的节律模式中，这一点尤其明显，例如驱动甲壳类动物前肠四个部分的节律模式。 最近对这个系统的研究表明，曾经被认为是四个离散实体的四个模式发生器以各种方式相互作用。 将要进行的研究将检查在胃神经系统的节奏运动系统的神经调节的一些方面，重点是模式发生器的相互作用。 此外，本研究将解决最近出现的另一个问题，即调制对空间分布模式生成网络的影响。

9310003 Dickinson Most of the movements that animals make can occur under a variety of internal external conditions, thus placing different demands on the animal. Consequently, the central pattern generators that are responsible for producing the motor outputs to drive rhythmic movements are highly flexible. Under the influence of different neuromodulators, these pattern generators can produce a variety of different outputs. In addition, many movements require the coordination of large numbers of muscle groups, including ones that may also be involved in controlling other behaviors. This is particularly clear in the case of functionally related rhythmic patterns, such as those that drive the four parts of the foregut in crustaceans. Recent research on this system has shown that the four pattern generators, which were once thought to be four discrete entities, interact in a variety of ways. The research to be undertaken will examine a number of aspects of the neuromodulation of the rhythmic motor systems in the stomatogastric nervous system, focusing on the interactions of the pattern generators. In addition, this research will address another issue that has arisen recently, namely the effects of modulation on spatially distributed pattern generating networks.***