Role of synchronization in the chemical stimuli applied to the stomatogastric nervous system of Callinectes sapidus

• Grant number: 16/16765-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: January 01, 2017
• End date: December 31, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Biophysics - Biophysics of Processes and Systems
• Principal Investigator: Reynaldo Daniel Pinto
• Grantee: Guilherme Martins Lopes
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física de São Carlos (IFSC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Most neurons of a nervous system experience patterns of stimuli consisting on activity dependent discontinuous small drug puffs during normal operation. In this project we experimentally address the effects of glutamate in the in vitro normal operation of the stomatogastric ganglion of Callinectes sapidus. We will apply a real time stimuli protocol to address how different patterns emerge from the circuit when the stimuli is switched from synchronous to asynchronous, both with same average pulse frequency. (AU)