Pavel M. Balaban

TL;DR: This paper found that the response of command neurons of avoidance behavior to the presentation of food differ significantly between hungry and satiated snails if the hemolymph is substituted by salt solution, and that avoidance reactions to the reinforced form of food, appearing after development of the avoidance conditioned reflex to food, are similar to the avoidance reaction to food in satiated animals.

TL;DR: Administration of β-amyloid to common snails before the start of training led to a significant reduction in sensitization of the defensive reaction, weakening of the formation of the conditioned defensive reflex to food, and impairment of memory.

TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that imidazole (a phosphodiesterase activator) and tolbutamide (an inhibitor of cAMP-dependent phosphorylation) in a concentration of 2 mM do not alter the rate of the depression of EPSPs elicited by rhythmic stimulation at a frequency of 0.1 Hz and do not block heterosynaptic facilitation.

TL;DR: The presence of rapid action potentials in four species of placozoans are shown and Voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav) in Placozoa support a rapid behavioral integration and have more Nav channels that any studied invertebrate animal so far.

TL;DR: The discussion centred on three core themes: the mechanisms of the organization and reconfiguration of pattern generating neuronal ensembles, extrapolations that extend the CPG concept beyond the motor systems, and evolutionary and developmental aspects of CPG.