Integrative Neuroscience of Paramecium, a “Swimming Neuron”

Paramecium is a unicellular organism that swims in fresh water by beating thousands of cilia. When it is stimulated (mechanically, chemically, optically, thermally…), it often swims backward then turns and swims forward again. This “avoiding reaction” is triggered by a calcium-based action potential...

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Autor principal: Brette, Romain
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Society for Neuroscience 2021
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8208649/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33952615
http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0018-21.2021
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description Paramecium is a unicellular organism that swims in fresh water by beating thousands of cilia. When it is stimulated (mechanically, chemically, optically, thermally…), it often swims backward then turns and swims forward again. This “avoiding reaction” is triggered by a calcium-based action potential. For this reason, some authors have called Paramecium a “swimming neuron.” This review summarizes current knowledge about the physiological basis of behavior of Paramecium.
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spelling pubmed-82086492021-06-17 Integrative Neuroscience of Paramecium, a “Swimming Neuron” Brette, Romain eNeuro Review Paramecium is a unicellular organism that swims in fresh water by beating thousands of cilia. When it is stimulated (mechanically, chemically, optically, thermally…), it often swims backward then turns and swims forward again. This “avoiding reaction” is triggered by a calcium-based action potential. For this reason, some authors have called Paramecium a “swimming neuron.” This review summarizes current knowledge about the physiological basis of behavior of Paramecium. Society for Neuroscience 2021-06-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8208649/ /pubmed/33952615 http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0018-21.2021 Text en Copyright © 2021 Brette https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided that the original work is properly attributed.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8208649/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33952615
http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0018-21.2021
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