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Jian Jing1, Rhanor Gillette

  • 1Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology and the Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA. jjing@inka.mssm.edu

Summary

Sea slugs use specific A4 neurons for avoidance turns, encoding direction and angle. These neurons also switch behaviors, like between turning and swimming, based on stimulus intensity.

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