title: Neural networks: more about flexibility than synaptic strength.
abstract: The leech heartbeat neural network is famous for its constancy in both architecture and functional output across animals. A recent study, however, has found that the synaptic strengths underlying this constancy are quite variable across animals.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U641, Marseille, 13916, France, and Université de la Méditerranée, Faculté de Médecine Secteur Nord, IFR11, Marseille, 13916, France. goaillard@univmed.fr
authors.forename: Jean-Marc
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Goaillard
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D055724:Electrophysiological Phenomena; D005110:Extracellular Space / Q000502:physiology; D006321:Heart / Q000294:innervation; D007323:Instinct; D007395:Interneurons / Q000502:physiology; D007865:Leeches / Q000502:physiology*; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000502:physiology; D009431:Neural Conduction / Q000502:physiology