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The decision to move : response times, neuronal circuits and sensory memory in a simple vertebrate
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dc.contributor.author | Roberts, Alan | |
dc.contributor.author | Borisyuk, Roman | |
dc.contributor.author | Buhl, Edgar | |
dc.contributor.author | Ferrario, Andrea | |
dc.contributor.author | Koutsikou, Stella | |
dc.contributor.author | Li, Wen-Chang | |
dc.contributor.author | Soffe, Stephen R. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-05-13T11:30:07Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-05-13T11:30:07Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-03 | |
dc.identifier | 258577651 | |
dc.identifier | 6a67526f-04b1-4e50-a518-80723f444bf2 | |
dc.identifier | 30900536 | |
dc.identifier | 000465434800019 | |
dc.identifier | 85063627555 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Roberts , A , Borisyuk , R , Buhl , E , Ferrario , A , Koutsikou , S , Li , W-C & Soffe , S R 2019 , ' The decision to move : response times, neuronal circuits and sensory memory in a simple vertebrate ' , Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences , vol. 286 , no. 1899 , 20190297 . https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.0297 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0962-8452 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/17692 | |
dc.description.abstract | All animals use sensory systems to monitor external events and have to decide whether to move. Response times are long and variable compared to reflexes, and fast escape movements. The complexity of adult vertebrate brains makes it difficult to trace the neuronal circuits underlying basic decisions to move. To simplify the problem, we investigate the nervous system and responses of hatchling frog tadpoles which swim when their skin is stimulated. Studying the neuron-by-neuron pathway from sensory to hindbrain neurons, where the decision to swim is made, has revealed two simple pathways generating excitation which sums to threshold in these neurons to initiate swimming. The direct pathway leads to short, and reliable delays like an escape response. The other includes a population of sensory processing neurons which extend firing to introduce noise and delay into responses. These neurons provide a brief, sensory memory of the stimulus, that allows tadpoles to integrate stimuli occurring within a second or so of each other. We relate these findings to other studies and conclude that sensory memory makes a fundamental contribution to simple decisions and is present in the brainstem of a basic vertebrate at a surprisingly early stage in development. | |
dc.format.extent | 7 | |
dc.format.extent | 523651 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences | en |
dc.subject | Decisions | en |
dc.subject | Locomotion | en |
dc.subject | Response times | en |
dc.subject | Sensory memory | en |
dc.subject | QH301 Biology | en |
dc.subject | QR Microbiology | en |
dc.subject | RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry | en |
dc.subject | Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all) | en |
dc.subject | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all) | en |
dc.subject | Environmental Science(all) | en |
dc.subject | Immunology and Microbiology(all) | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QH301 | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QR | en |
dc.subject.lcc | RC0321 | en |
dc.title | The decision to move : response times, neuronal circuits and sensory memory in a simple vertebrate | en |
dc.type | Journal item | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Psychology and Neuroscience | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Institute of Behavioural and Neural Sciences | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.0297 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
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