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Neuropeptides and the Control of Egg-laying Behavior in Aplysia

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The marine mollusk Aplysia is proving to be a useful experimental system for studying the roles of neuropeptides in neuronal function and their roles in the neural regulation of behavior. The main emphasis of investigations in our laboratory has been on the bag cell system, a group of peptide-secreting neuroendocrine cells that induce egg laying in Aplysia and also have profound effects on other central neurons.

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Mayeri, E., Rothman, B.S. (1985). Neuropeptides and the Control of Egg-laying Behavior in Aplysia . In: Selverston, A.I. (eds) Model Neural Networks and Behavior. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5858-0_15

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