Learning mechanisms in Aplysia

February 7, 2003
From: Jose L. Cantero

Hello,
I am preparing some university classes about neural basis of learning in both vertebrates and invertebrates, and I would love to illustrate these classes with digital videos containing Aplysia behaviours during non-associative and associative learning paradigms. It would be great if somebody could provide me with some information about where to find these video files.
Thanks in advance.
Jose L. Cantero

jlcanlor@dex.upo.es

Dear Jose,
I would be interested in knowing if such films videos existed myself. Perhaps someone can help.

Björn Brembs has an excellent site on Learning and memory in Aplysia which is well worth a visit. Apart from being a mine of infromation on the topic there is a video on biting behaviour.

Dr. Rhanor Gillette's research group [Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Center of Biophysics and Computational Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign] has a website called Slug City at http://www.life.uiuc.edu/r-gillette/. It has some behavioural videos, but they are of the carnivorous opisthobranch Pleurobranchaea.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2003 (Feb 7). Comment on Learning mechanisms in Aplysia by Jose L. Cantero. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/9160

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