Convergence in a distributed nervous system: parallel processing and self-organization

Journal of Neurobiology
G J Mpitsos, C S Cohan

Abstract

The present findings show that the motor system of the carnivorous sea slug Pleurobranchaea californica consists of parallel, distributed, and interconnected neuronal channels by which motor activity may emerge from the dynamics of the system rather than from "switchboard" circuitry. The findings are shown primarily through the properties of the buccal-cerebral neurons (BCNs) that extensively converge and diverge monosynaptically and polysynaptically onto brain motoneurons, providing them with drive and patterned activity. The motoneurons, some of which are electrically coupled, feed back onto the BCNs. The BCNs are functionally heterogeneous both as a group and individually. Many are multifunctional in that they take part in the generation of different behaviors, and some also appear to change their timing with respect to the phase of the pattern generator in the different motor patterns. In the buccal ganglion, the BCNs affect the characteristics of the pattern generator and may be part of the pattern generator itself. By sending axons to buccal roots and to the brain, some BCNs may act as motoneurons and also integrate the activity of brain motoneurons. Because of the effects produced by the extensive interconnections among ...Continue Reading

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