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Rivi V, Benatti C, Lukowiak K, Colliva C, Alboni S, Tascedda F, Blom JM. What can we teach Lymnaea and what can Lymnaea teach us? Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2021; 96:1590-1602. [PMID: 33821539 PMCID: PMC9545797 DOI: 10.1111/brv.12716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Revised: 03/19/2021] [Accepted: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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This review describes the advantages of adopting a molluscan complementary model, the freshwater snail Lymnaea stagnalis, to study the neural basis of learning and memory in appetitive and avoidance classical conditioning; as well as operant conditioning of its aerial respiratory and escape behaviour. We firstly explored 'what we can teach Lymnaea' by discussing a variety of sensitive, solid, easily reproducible and simple behavioural tests that have been used to uncover the memory abilities of this model system. Answering this question will allow us to open new frontiers in neuroscience and behavioural research to enhance our understanding of how the nervous system mediates learning and memory. In fact, from a translational perspective, Lymnaea and its nervous system can help to understand the neural transformation pathways from behavioural output to sensory coding in more complex systems like the mammalian brain. Moving on to the second question: 'what can Lymnaea teach us?', it is now known that Lymnaea shares important associative learning characteristics with vertebrates, including stimulus generalization, generalization of extinction and discriminative learning, opening the possibility to use snails as animal models for neuroscience translational research.
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- Veronica Rivi
- Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural SciencesUniversity of Modena and Reggio EmiliaVia CampiModena287‐41125Italy
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- Department of Life SciencesUniversity of Modena and Reggio EmiliaVia CampiModena287‐41125Italy
- Centre of Neuroscience and NeurotechnologyUniversity of Modena and Reggio EmiliaVia CampiModena287‐41125Italy
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- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Cumming School of MedicineUniversity of Calgary3330 Hospital Dr NWCalgaryABT2N 4N1Canada
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- Department of Life SciencesUniversity of Modena and Reggio EmiliaVia CampiModena287‐41125Italy
- Centre of Neuroscience and NeurotechnologyUniversity of Modena and Reggio EmiliaVia CampiModena287‐41125Italy
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- Department of Life SciencesUniversity of Modena and Reggio EmiliaVia CampiModena287‐41125Italy
- Centre of Neuroscience and NeurotechnologyUniversity of Modena and Reggio EmiliaVia CampiModena287‐41125Italy
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- Department of Life SciencesUniversity of Modena and Reggio EmiliaVia CampiModena287‐41125Italy
- Centre of Neuroscience and NeurotechnologyUniversity of Modena and Reggio EmiliaVia CampiModena287‐41125Italy
- CIB, Consorzio Interuniversitario BiotecnologieTriesteItaly
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- Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural SciencesUniversity of Modena and Reggio EmiliaVia CampiModena287‐41125Italy
- Centre of Neuroscience and NeurotechnologyUniversity of Modena and Reggio EmiliaVia CampiModena287‐41125Italy
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Sunada H, Totani Y, Nakamura R, Sakakibara M, Lukowiak K, Ito E. Two Strains of Lymnaea stagnalis and the Progeny from Their Mating Display Differential Memory-Forming Ability on Associative Learning Tasks. Front Behav Neurosci 2017; 11:161. [PMID: 28955210 PMCID: PMC5601001 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2017.00161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2017] [Accepted: 08/16/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis learns and forms long-term memory (LTM) following both operant conditioning of aerial respiratory behavior and classical conditioning of taste aversive behavior. In the present study, we examined whether there are interstrain differences in the ability to form LTM following these two types of conditioning. A strain of Lymnaea (TC1) collected in Alberta, Canada exhibits superior memory-forming ability following aerial respiratory operant conditioning compared to a laboratory-reared strain of Lymnaea from Netherlands known as the Dutch strain. We asked whether the offspring of the Canadian TC1 and Dutch snails (i.e., filial 1 (F1) cross snails) would have the superior memory ability and found, rather, that their memory ability was average like the Dutch snails. That is, the Canadian TC1 snails have superior ability for LTM formation following aerial respiratory operant conditioning, but the Dutch and the generated F1 cross have average ability for memory forming. We next examined the Canadian TC1, Dutch and F1 cross snails for their ability to learn and form memory following conditioned taste aversion (CTA). All three populations showed similar associative CTA responses. However, both LTM formation and the ratio of good-to-poor performers in the memory retention test were much better in the Dutch snails than the Canadian TC1 and F1 cross snails. The memory abilities of the Canadian TC1 and F1 cross snails were average. Our present findings, therefore, suggest that snails of different strains have different memory abilities, and the F1 cross snails do not inherit the memory ability from the smart strain. To our knowledge, there have been a limited number of studies examining differences in memory ability among invertebrate strains, with the exception of studies using mutant flies.
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- Hiroshi Sunada
- Kagawa School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri UniversitySanuki, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Waseda UniversityTokyo, Japan
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- Research Organization for Nano and Life Innovation, Waseda UniversityTokyo, Japan
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- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of CalgaryCalgary, AB, Canada
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- Kagawa School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri UniversitySanuki, Japan.,Department of Biology, Waseda UniversityTokyo, Japan.,Research Organization for Nano and Life Innovation, Waseda UniversityTokyo, Japan.,WASEDA Bioscience Research Institute in SingaporeSingapore, Singapore.,Lipid Science and Aging Research Center and Center for Stem Cell Research, Kaohsiung Medical UniversityKaohsiung, Taiwan
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Function of insulin in snail brain in associative learning. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 2015; 201:969-81. [PMID: 26233474 DOI: 10.1007/s00359-015-1032-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2015] [Revised: 07/23/2015] [Accepted: 07/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Insulin is well known as a hormone regulating glucose homeostasis across phyla. Although there are insulin-independent mechanisms for glucose uptake in the mammalian brain, which had contributed to a perception of the brain as an insulin-insensitive organ for decades, the finding of insulin and its receptors in the brain revolutionized the concept of insulin signaling in the brain. However, insulin's role in brain functions, such as cognition, attention, and memory, remains unknown. Studies using invertebrates with their open blood-vascular system have the promise of promoting a better understanding of the role played by insulin in mediating/modulating cognitive functions. In this review, the relationship between insulin and its impact on long-term memory (LTM) is discussed particularly in snails. The pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis has the ability to undergo conditioned taste aversion (CTA), that is, it associatively learns and forms LTM not to respond with a feeding response to a food that normally elicits a robust feeding response. We show that molluscan insulin-related peptides are up-regulated in snails exhibiting CTA-LTM and play a key role in the causal neural basis of CTA-LTM. We also survey the relevant literature of the roles played by insulin in learning and memory in other phyla.
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Phylogenetic and individual variation in gastropod central pattern generators. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 2015; 201:829-39. [PMID: 25837447 DOI: 10.1007/s00359-015-1007-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2014] [Revised: 02/28/2015] [Accepted: 03/24/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Gastropod molluscs provide a unique opportunity to explore the neural basis of rhythmic behaviors because of the accessibility of their nervous systems and the number of species that have been examined. Detailed comparisons of the central pattern generators (CPGs) underlying rhythmic feeding and swimming behaviors highlight the presence and effects of variation in neural circuits both across and within species. The feeding motor pattern of the snail, Lymnaea, is stereotyped, whereas the feeding motor pattern in the sea hare, Aplysia, is variable. However, the Aplysia motor pattern is regularized with operant conditioning or by mimicking learning using the dynamic clamp to change properties of CPG neurons. Swimming evolved repeatedly in marine gastropods. Distinct neural mechanisms underlie dissimilar forms of swimming, with homologous neurons playing different roles. However, even similar swimming behaviors in different species can be produced by distinct neural mechanisms, resulting from different synaptic connectivity of homologous neurons. Within a species, there can be variation in the strength and even valence of synapses, which does not have functional relevance under normal conditions, but can cause some individuals to be more susceptible to lesion of the circuit. This inter- and intra-species variation provides novel insights into CPG function and plasticity.
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The invertebrates have adopted a myriad of breathing strategies to facilitate the extraction of adequate quantities of oxygen from their surrounding environments. Their respiratory structures can take a wide variety of forms, including integumentary surfaces, lungs, gills, tracheal systems, and even parallel combinations of these same gas exchange structures. Like their vertebrate counterparts, the invertebrates have evolved elaborate control strategies to regulate their breathing activity. Our goal in this article is to present the reader with a description of what is known regarding the control of breathing in some of the specific invertebrate species that have been used as model systems to study different mechanistic aspects of the control of breathing. We will examine how several species have been used to study fundamental principles of respiratory rhythm generation, central and peripheral chemosensory modulation of breathing, and plasticity in the control of breathing. We will also present the reader with an overview of some of the behavioral and neuronal adaptability that has been extensively documented in these animals. By presenting explicit invertebrate species as model organisms, we will illustrate mechanistic principles that form the neuronal foundation of respiratory control, and moreover appear likely to be conserved across not only invertebrates, but vertebrate species as well.
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- Harold J Bell
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Penn State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Spencer G, Rothwell C. Behavioural and network plasticity following conditioning of the aerial respiratory response of a pulmonate mollusc. CAN J ZOOL 2013. [DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2012-0291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Most molluscs perform respiration using gills, but the pulmonate molluscs have developed a primitive lung with which they perform pulmonary respiration. The flow of air into this lung occurs through an opening called the pneumostome, and pulmonate molluscs travel to the surface of the water to obtain oxygen from the surrounding atmosphere. The aerial respiratory behaviour of the pulmonate mollusc, the great pond snail (Lymnaea stagnalis (L., 1758)), has been well studied, and a three-neuron central pattern generator (CPG) controlling this rhythmic behaviour has been identified. The aerial respiratory behaviour of L. stagnalis can be operantly conditioned and plasticity within the CPG has been associated with the conditioned response. In this review, we describe both the aerial respiratory behaviour and the underlying neuronal network of this pulmonate mollusc, and then discuss both the behavioural and network plasticity that results from the conditioning of this behaviour.
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- G.E. Spencer
- Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Avenue, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Avenue, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada
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Py C, Martina M, Diaz-Quijada GA, Luk CC, Martinez D, Denhoff MW, Charrier A, Comas T, Monette R, Krantis A, Syed NI, Mealing GAR. From understanding cellular function to novel drug discovery: the role of planar patch-clamp array chip technology. Front Pharmacol 2011; 2:51. [PMID: 22007170 PMCID: PMC3184600 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2011.00051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2011] [Accepted: 09/05/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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All excitable cell functions rely upon ion channels that are embedded in their plasma membrane. Perturbations of ion channel structure or function result in pathologies ranging from cardiac dysfunction to neurodegenerative disorders. Consequently, to understand the functions of excitable cells and to remedy their pathophysiology, it is important to understand the ion channel functions under various experimental conditions - including exposure to novel drug targets. Glass pipette patch-clamp is the state of the art technique to monitor the intrinsic and synaptic properties of neurons. However, this technique is labor intensive and has low data throughput. Planar patch-clamp chips, integrated into automated systems, offer high throughputs but are limited to isolated cells from suspensions, thus limiting their use in modeling physiological function. These chips are therefore not most suitable for studies involving neuronal communication. Multielectrode arrays (MEAs), in contrast, have the ability to monitor network activity by measuring local field potentials from multiple extracellular sites, but specific ion channel activity is challenging to extract from these multiplexed signals. Here we describe a novel planar patch-clamp chip technology that enables the simultaneous high-resolution electrophysiological interrogation of individual neurons at multiple sites in synaptically connected neuronal networks, thereby combining the advantages of MEA and patch-clamp techniques. Each neuron can be probed through an aperture that connects to a dedicated subterranean microfluidic channel. Neurons growing in networks are aligned to the apertures by physisorbed or chemisorbed chemical cues. In this review, we describe the design and fabrication process of these chips, approaches to chemical patterning for cell placement, and present physiological data from cultured neuronal cells.
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- Christophe Py
- Institute for Microstructural Sciences, National Research Council of CanadaOttawa, ON, Canada
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- Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council of CanadaOttawa, ON, Canada
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- Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council of CanadaOttawa, ON, Canada
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- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of CalgaryCalgary, AB, Canada
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- Institute for Microstructural Sciences, National Research Council of CanadaOttawa, ON, Canada
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- Institute for Microstructural Sciences, National Research Council of CanadaOttawa, ON, Canada
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- Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille, Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueMarseille, France
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- Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council of CanadaOttawa, ON, Canada
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- Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council of CanadaOttawa, ON, Canada
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- Centre for Research in Biopharmaceuticals and Biotechnology. University of OttawaOttawa, ON, Canada
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- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of CalgaryCalgary, AB, Canada
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- Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council of CanadaOttawa, ON, Canada
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Mealing G, Py C. Patch-clamp array neurochips: value in interrogating simple neuronal networks with high resolution. Expert Rev Med Devices 2010; 8:3-5. [PMID: 21158534 DOI: 10.1586/erd.10.81] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Guo CH, Senzel A, Li K, Feng ZP. De novo protein synthesis of syntaxin-1 and dynamin-1 in long-term memory formation requires CREB1 gene transcription in Lymnaea stagnalis. Behav Genet 2010; 40:680-93. [PMID: 20563839 DOI: 10.1007/s10519-010-9374-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2009] [Accepted: 05/27/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Consolidation of aversive operant conditioning into long-term memory (LTM) requires CREB-dependent de novo protein synthesis. The newly synthesized proteins are distributed to the synapses in neurons that are involved in memory formation and storage. Accumulating evidence indicates that the presynaptic release mechanisms also play a role in long-term synaptic plasticity. Our understanding of whether the presynaptic proteins undergo de novo synthesis during long-term memory formation is limited. In this study, we investigated the involvement of syntaxin-1, a presynaptic exocytotic protein, and dynamin-1, an endocytotic protein, in the formation of long-term memory. We took advantage of a well-established aversive operant conditioning model of aerial respiratory behavior in the fresh water pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis, and demonstrated that the LTM formation is associated with increased expression of syntaxin-1 and dynamin-1, coincident with elevated levels of CREB1. Partial knockdown of CREB1 gene by double stranded RNA inhibition (dsRNAi) prior to operant conditioning prevented snails from memory consolidation, and reduced the expression of syntaxin-1 and dynamin-1 at both mRNA and protein levels. These findings suggest that CREB1-mediated gene expression is required for the LTM-induced up-regulation of synaptic proteins, syntaxin-1 and dynamin-1, in L. stagnalis. Our study thus offers new insights into the molecular mechanisms that mediate CREB1-dependent long-term memory formation.
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- Cong-Hui Guo
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada
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Orr MV, Hittel K, Lukowiak K. Predator detection enables juvenile Lymnaea to form long-term memory. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 213:301-7. [PMID: 20038665 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.032110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Learning and memory provide the flexibility an organism requires to respond to changing social and ecological conditions. Juvenile Lymnaea have previously been shown to have a diminished capacity to form long-term memory (LTM) following operant conditioning of aerial respiratory behavior. Juvenile Lymnaea, however, can form LTM following classical conditioning of appetitive behaviors. Here, we demonstrate that laboratory-reared juvenile Lymnaea have the ability to detect the presence of a sympatric predator (i.e. crayfish) and respond to the predator by altering their aerial respiratory behavior. In addition to increasing their total breathing time, predator detection confers on juvenile Lymnaea an enhanced capability to form LTM following operant conditioning of aerial respiratory behavior. That is, these juveniles now have the ability to form long-lasting memory. These data support the hypothesis that biologically relevant levels of stress associated with predator detection induce behavioral phenotypic alterations (i.e. enhanced LTM formation) in juveniles, which may increase their fitness. These data also support the notion that learning and memory formation in conjunction with predator detection is a form of inducible defense.
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- M V Orr
- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 4N1
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Moccia F, Di Cristo C, Winlow W, Di Cosmo A. GABA(A)- and AMPA-like receptors modulate the activity of an identified neuron within the central pattern generator of the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis. INVERTEBRATE NEUROSCIENCE 2009; 9:29-41. [PMID: 19214610 DOI: 10.1007/s10158-009-0086-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2008] [Accepted: 01/06/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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To examine the neurochemistry underlying the firing of the RPeD1 neuron in the respiratory central pattern generator of the pond snail, Lymnaea stagnalis, we examined electrophysiologically and pharmacologically either "active" or "silent" preparations by intracellular recording and pharmacology. GABA inhibited electrical firing by hyperpolarizing RPeD1, while picrotoxin, an antagonist of GABA(A) receptors, excited silent cells and reversed GABA-induced inhibition. Action potential activity was terminated by 1 mM glutamate (Glu) while silent cells were depolarized by the GluR agonists, AMPA, and NMDA. Kainate exerted a complex triphasic effect on membrane potential. However, only bath application of AMPA desensitized the firing. These data indicate that GABA inhibits RPeD1 via activation of GABA(A) receptors, while Glu stimulates the neuron by activating AMPA-sensitive GluRs.
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- Francesco Moccia
- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, University of Naples "Federico II" Complesso Universitario, Monte S. Angelo, viale Cinthia, 80126 Naples, Italy
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Lukowiak K, Martens K, Orr M, Parvez K, Rosenegger D, Sangha S. Modulation of aerial respiratory behaviour in a pond snail. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2006; 154:61-72. [PMID: 16564752 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2006.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2005] [Revised: 02/06/2006] [Accepted: 02/10/2006] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Aerial respiratory in Lymnaea is driven by a three-neuron CPG whose sufficiency and necessity has been directly demonstrated. While this CPG is 'hard-wired' it displays a tremendous amount of plasticity. That is, it is possible by employing specific training procedures to alter how it functions in a specific hypoxic environment. Thus, it is possible to study directly the causal mechanisms of long-term memory formation, forgetting, and modulation of the memory at a single cell level. Thus, it is possible to use a relatively simple three-neuron CPG to study not only important questions concerning regulation of important homeostatic mechanisms but to also use it to study how learning and non-declarative memory are mediated at a cellular level.
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- Ken Lukowiak
- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW) on a request from the Commission related to the aspects of the biology and welfare of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes. EFSA J 2005. [DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2005.292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Mukai ST, Kiehn L, Saleuddin ASM. Dopamine stimulates snail albumen gland glycoprotein secretion through the activation of a D1-like receptor. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 207:2507-18. [PMID: 15184522 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The catecholamine dopamine is present in both the central nervous system and in the peripheral tissues of molluscs, where it is involved in regulating reproduction. Application of exogenous dopamine to the isolated albumen gland of the freshwater pulmonate snail Helisoma duryi (Wetherby) induces the secretion (release) of perivitelline fluid. The major protein component of the perivitelline fluid of Helisoma duryi is a native 288 kDa glycoprotein that is secreted around individual eggs and serves as an important source of nutrients for the developing embryos. The secretion of glycoprotein by the albumen gland is a highly regulated event that must be coordinated with the arrival of the fertilized ovum at the carrefour (the region where the eggs receive albumen gland secretory products). In order to elucidate the intracellular signalling pathway(s) mediating dopamine-induced glycoprotein secretion, albumen gland cAMP production and glycoprotein secretion were measured in the presence/absence of selected dopamine receptor agonists and antagonists. Dopamine D1-selective agonists dihydrexidine, 6,7-ADTN and SKF81297 stimulated cAMP production and glycoprotein secretion from isolated albumen glands whereas D1-selective antagonists SCH23390 and SKF83566 suppressed dopamine-stimulated cAMP production. Dopamine D2-selective agonists and antagonists generally had no effect on cAMP production or protein secretion. Based on the effects of these compounds, a pharmacological profile was obtained that strongly suggests the presence of a dopamine D1-like receptor in the albumen gland of Helisoma duryi. In addition, secretion of albumen gland glycoprotein was not inhibited by protein kinase A inhibitors, suggesting that dopamine-stimulated protein secretion might occur through a protein kinase A-independent pathway.
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MESH Headings
- 2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepine/analogs & derivatives
- 2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepine/pharmacology
- Animals
- Benzazepines/pharmacology
- Cyclic AMP/metabolism
- Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors
- Dopamine/metabolism
- Dopamine Agonists/pharmacology
- Dopamine Antagonists/pharmacology
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Exocrine Glands/drug effects
- Exocrine Glands/metabolism
- Fresh Water
- Glycoproteins/metabolism
- Phenanthridines/pharmacology
- Receptors, Dopamine D1/metabolism
- Reproduction/physiology
- Signal Transduction/physiology
- Snails/metabolism
- Tetrahydronaphthalenes/pharmacology
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- S T Mukai
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3
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Wagatsuma A, Sugai R, Chono K, Azami S, Hatakeyama D, Sadamoto H, Itoi E. The early snail acquires the learning. Comparison of scores for conditioned taste aversion between morning and afternoon. ACTA BIOLOGICA HUNGARICA 2004; 55:149-55. [PMID: 15270229 DOI: 10.1556/abiol.55.2004.1-4.18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis acquires conditioned taste aversion (CTA) and maintains its memory for more than a month. Snails in our laboratory were cultured at 20 degrees C on a 12:12 light-dark cycle (light from 7 am to 7 pm). To examine the hours during which snails acquire CTA effectively, we trained some snails in the morning and others in the afternoon, and then compared their scores. CTA developed in both cases, but scores were significantly better in the morning than in the afternoon. To elucidate the cause of this difference in scores, we observed the voluntary activity of snails and found the circadian rhythm reflected in the snails' free-movement distances; distances at the circadian time 0-12 (daytime) were significantly longer than those at the circadian time 12-24 (nighttime). This rhythm was kept up for at least 3 days, even in constant darkness. In conclusion, L. stagnalis should be trained in the morning to acquire associative learning, possibly because of its greater propensity to roam about at that time as opposed to the afternoon.
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- Akiko Wagatsuma
- Division of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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Lukowiak K, Sangha S, Scheibenstock A, Parvez K, McComb C, Rosenegger D, Varshney N, Sadamoto H. A molluscan model system in the search for the engram. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 97:69-76. [PMID: 14706692 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphysparis.2003.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A 3-neuron central pattern generator, whose sufficiency and necessity has been directly demonstrated, mediates aerial respiratory behaviour in the pond snail, Lymnaea stagnalis. This behaviour can be operantly conditioned, and this associative learning is consolidated into long-lasting memory. Depending on the operant conditioning training procedure used the learning can be consolidated into intermediate term (ITM) or long-term memory (LTM). ITM persists for only 2-3 h, whilst LTM persists for days to weeks. LTM is dependent on both altered gene activity and new protein synthesis while ITM is only dependent on new protein synthesis. We have now directly established that one of the 3-CPG neurons, RPeD1, is a site of LTM formation and storage. We did this by ablating the soma of RPeD1 and leaving behind a functional primary neurite capable of mediating the necessary synaptic interactions to drive aerial respiratory behaviour by the 3-neuron CPG. However, following soma ablation the neuronal circuit is only capable of mediating learning and ITM. LTM can no longer be demonstrated. However, if RPeD1's soma is ablated after LTM consolidation memory is still present. Thus the soma is not needed for the retention of LTM. Using a similar strategy it may be possible to block forgetting.
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- Ken Lukowiak
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1.
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Sadamoto H, Sato H, Kobayashi S, Murakami J, Aonuma H, Ando H, Fujito Y, Hamano K, Awaji M, Lukowiak K, Urano A, Ito E. CREB in the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis: cloning, gene expression, and function in identifiable neurons of the central nervous system. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 58:455-66. [PMID: 14978723 DOI: 10.1002/neu.10296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis is an excellent model system in which to study the neuronal and molecular substrates of associative learning and its consolidation into long-term memory. Until now, the presence of cyclic AMP (cAMP)-responsive element binding protein (CREB), which is believed to be a necessary component in the process of a learned behavior that is consolidated into long-term memory, has only been assumed in Lymnaea neurons. We therefore cloned and analyzed the cDNA sequences of homologues of CREB1 and CREB2 and determined the presence of these mRNAs in identifiable neurons of the central nervous system (CNS) of L. stagnalis. The deduced amino acid sequence of Lymnaea CREB1 is homologous to transcriptional activators, mammalian CREB1 and Aplysia CREB1a, in the C-terminal DNA binding (bZIP) and phosphorylation domains, whereas the deduced amino acid sequence of Lymnaea CREB2 is homologous to transcriptional repressors, human CREB2, mouse activating transcription factor-4, and Aplysia CREB2 in the bZIP domain. In situ hybridization revealed that only a relatively few neurons showed strongly positive signals for Lymnaea CREB1 mRNA, whereas all the neurons in the CNS contained Lymnaea CREB2 mRNA. Using one of the neurons (the cerebral giant cell) containing Lymnaea CREB1 mRNA, we showed that the injection of a CRE oligonucleotide inhibited a cAMP-induced, long-lasting synaptic plasticity. We therefore conclude that CREBs are present in Lymnaea neurons and may function as necessary players in behavioral plasticity.
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- Hisayo Sadamoto
- Division of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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McComb C, Meems R, Syed N, Lukowiak K. Electrophysiological differences in the CpG aerial respiratory behavior between juvenile and adult Lymnaea. J Neurophysiol 2003; 90:983-92. [PMID: 12711713 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00263.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Intact, freely moving juvenile Lymnaea perform aerial respiration significantly less often than do adults. We therefore hypothesized that RPeD1, the central pattern generator (CPG) neuron that initiates rhythmogenesis, would be less active in juveniles than adults. Using both isolated and semi-intact preparations to directly test this hypothesis, we found the opposite; juvenile RPeD1s were significantly smaller and more excitable than RPeD1s from adults. Significant age-related differences were found in the membrane resistance (greater in juveniles), time constant (smaller in juveniles), and rheobase current (lower in juveniles), all of which would tend to make juvenile cells significantly more excitable. However, there were significant age-related differences in the synaptic connectivity within the CPG and in peripheral input to the CPG, all which favor more rhythmic activity in the adult CPG. As was the case for intact Lymnaea, juvenile semi-intact preparations perform aerial respiration less often than do adults. The difference in excitability between juvenile and adult RPeD1s is therefore not sufficient to cause increased rhythmogenesis. Age-related changes in synaptic connectivity within the respiratory CPG and in peripheral modulation allow respiratory rhythmogenesis to be more easily expressed in adults which may compensate for their decreased dependence on cutaneous respiration as their surface to volume ratio changes as the grow in size.
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- Chloë McComb
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Neuroscience and Respiratory Research Groups, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada
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S-Rózsa K. Central representation of internal and external sensory information in the CNS of Helix pomatia L. and Lymnaea stagnalis L. ACTA BIOLOGICA HUNGARICA 2003; 53:559-73. [PMID: 12506877 DOI: 10.1556/abiol.53.2002.4.15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The central representation of intero- and exteroreceptors located in visceral organs and the osphradium were compared in the CNS of Helix pomatia L. (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) and Lymnaea stagnalis L. (Gastropoda, Basommatophora), two pulmonate snail species inhabiting a terrestrial and anaquatic environment, respectively. Semi-intact preparations were used comprising the CNS connected by the corresponding nerves either to the cardio-renal, respiratory and genital systems or to the osphradium. Spike discharges of central neurons and the nerves were recorded simultaneously. The central representation of intero- and exteroreceptors was found to be distributed throughout the CNS and involved about 300 neurons. The majority of the neurons received sensory information from all the studied visceral organs and the osphradium. Among the neurons responding to intero- and exteroreceptors a multimodal reaction to tactile, chemical and osmotic stimuli prevailed while in the osphradium specific reactions also were demonstrated. Central neurons receiving sensory information from visceral organs and the osphradium form overlapping and reorganizing neural circuits using the same neurons in the regulation of heart activity, respiration or reproduction producing the appropriate behaviour. In the selection of sensory information the firing pattern appears to be the main determining factor as bursting neurons do not receive sensory information. The central representation of intero- and exteroreceptors and its variability can be a model system for cellular studies of motivational state and self-perception.
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- Katalin S-Rózsa
- Balaton Limnological Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 35, H-8237 Tihany, Hungary.
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Breathing is a vital behavior that is particularly amenable to experimental investigation. We review recent progress on three problems of broad interest. (i) Where and how is respiratory rhythm generated? The preBötzinger Complex is a critical site, whereas pacemaker neurons may not be essential. The possibility that coupled oscillators are involved is considered. (ii) What are the mechanisms that underlie the plasticity necessary for adaptive changes in breathing? Serotonin-dependent long-term facilitation following intermittent hypoxia is an important example of such plasticity, and a model that can account for this adaptive behavior is discussed. (iii) Where and how are the regulated variables CO2 and pH sensed? These sensors are essential if breathing is to be appropriate for metabolism. Neurons with appropriate chemosensitivity are spread throughout the brainstem; their individual properties and collective role are just beginning to be understood.
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- Jack L. Feldman
- Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1763
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- Department of Comparative Biosciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- Department of Physiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756-0001
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Ward SA, Poon CS. Beyond chemoreflex: plasticity, redundancy and self-organization in respiratory control: a workshop summary. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2002; 499:267-72. [PMID: 11729889 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-1375-9_42] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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Can Invertebrates Suffer? or, How Robust is Argument-By-Analogy? Anim Welf 2001. [DOI: 10.1017/s0962728600023551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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AbstractIt is a popular notion that, compared to vertebrates, invertebrates have a reduced capacity to experience suffering. This is usually based on arguments that invertebrates show only simple forms of learning, have little memory capacity, do not show behavioural responses to stimuli that would cause ‘higher’ vertebrates to exhibit responses indicative of pain, and have differences in their physiology that would preclude the capacity for suffering. But, how convincing is this ‘evidence’ of a reduced capacity to suffer? Suffering is a negative mental state - a private experience - and, as such, it cannot be measured directly. When assessing the capacity of an animal to experience suffering, we often compare the similarity of its responses with those of ‘higher’ animals, conceptualized in the principle of argument-by-analogy. By closely examining the responses of invertebrates, it can be seen that they often behave in a strikingly analogous manner to vertebrates. In this paper, I discuss published studies that show that invertebrates such as cockroaches, flies and slugs have short- and long-term memory; have age effects on memory; have complex spatial, associative and social learning; perform appropriately in preference tests and consumer demand studies; exhibit behavioural and physiological responses indicative of pain; and, apparently, experience learned helplessness. The similarity of these responses to those of vertebrates may indicate a level of consciousness or suffering that is not normally attributed to invertebrates. This indicates that we should either be more cautious when using argument-by-analogy, or remain open-minded to the possibility that invertebrates are capable of suffering in a similar way to vertebrates.
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Lukowiak K. The Lymnaea Respiratory System. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2001. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-1375-9_36] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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