Abstract: Jellyfish are free-swimming, radially symmetric organisms with complex behaviors that arise from coordinated interactions between distinct, autonomously functioning body parts. This behavioral complexity evolved without a corresponding cephalization of the nervous system. The systems-level neural mechanisms through which such decentralized control is achieved remain unclear. Here, we address this question using the jellyfish,Clytia,and present it as a new neuroscience model. We describe a coordinated, asymmetric behavior in which food is passed...
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Topics:
Neuroscience
Artificial intelligence