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2019 ◽  
Vol 122 (1) ◽  
pp. 300-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Golowasch

Neuromodulators play an important role in how the nervous system organizes activity that results in behavior. Disruption of the normal patterns of neuromodulatory release or production is known to be related to the onset of severe pathologies such as Parkinson’s disease, Rett syndrome, Alzheimer’s disease, and affective disorders. Some of these pathologies involve neuronal structures that are called central pattern generators (CPGs), which are involved in the production of rhythmic activities throughout the nervous system. Here I discuss the interplay between CPGs and neuromodulatory activity, with particular emphasis on the potential role of neuromodulators in the recovery of disrupted neuronal activity. I refer to invertebrate and vertebrate model systems and some of the lessons we have learned from research on these systems and propose a few avenues for future research. I make one suggestion that may guide future research in the field: neuromodulators restrict the parameter landscape in which CPG components operate, and the removal of neuromodulators may enable a perturbed CPG in finding a new set of parameter values that can allow it to regain normal function.


Endocrinology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 160 (6) ◽  
pp. 1480-1491 ◽  
Author(s):  
H James McQuillan ◽  
Su Young Han ◽  
Isaiah Cheong ◽  
Allan E Herbison

Endocrinology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 160 (3) ◽  
pp. 557-567 ◽  
Author(s):  
Su Young Han ◽  
Grace Kane ◽  
Isaiah Cheong ◽  
Allan E Herbison

2017 ◽  
Vol 118 (2) ◽  
pp. 1123-1132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charuni A. Gunaratne ◽  
Akira Sakurai ◽  
Paul S. Katz

This research shows that the synaptic connectivity between homologous neurons exhibits species-specific variations on a basic theme. The neurons vary in the extent of electrical coupling and reciprocal inhibition. They also exhibit different patterns of activity during rhythmic motor behaviors that are not predicted by their circuitry. The circuitry does not map onto the phylogeny in a predictable fashion either. Thus neither neuronal homology nor species behavior is predictive of neural circuit connectivity.


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