Behavioral choice: a novel role for presynaptic inhibition of sensory inputs.
A recent study of how incompatible behaviors are suppressed during feeding in the medicinal leech Hirudo provides new insights into the mechanisms of decision-making in neuronal networks.
Kemenes
György
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Sussex Centre for Neuroscience, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9QG, UK. G.Kemenes@sussex.ac.uk
D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D007865:Leeches / Q000502:physiology*; D017729:Presynaptic Terminals / Q000502:physiology*; D012684:Sensory Thresholds / Q000502:physiology*