Recovery of damage in a molluscan nervous system is impaired with age.
In the mollusc Lymnaea stagnalis recovery of the tentacle withdrawal reflex after peripheral nerve damage is delayed with age. Indications were obtained that this delay is due to impairment of recovery of central synaptic connections.
D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D005121:Extremities / Q000502:physiology; D008195:Lymnaea / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000502:physiology; D009416:Nerve Regeneration; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000502:physiology*; D012018:Reflex / Q000502:physiology; D012679:Sense Organs / Q000294:innervation