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Storage of long-term memory in Aplysia does not require stable synapses.

The rapid antidepressant actions of low dose ketamine occur through the direct relief of suppression of protein synthesis via antagonism of a subset of NMDA receptors containing the GluN2B subunit.

A novel pheromone/receptor neuron pair mediates attraction between Drosophila larvae, and evolved differences in pheromone signaling underlie changes in social behavior between drosophilid species.

A deeply conserved feature of complexin's secondary structure underlies its inhibitory function despite poor primary sequence conservation.

In the hippocampus, dendritic Na ⁺ spikes are required for signals from the entorhinal cortex to drive action potentials in CA2-but not CA1 or CA3-pyramidal neurons.

The insect dopaminergic system serves an important function in the regulation of ontogenesis and early development, contributing to the evolutionary processes that limit the ecological niche of Drosophila sechellia.

Ca²⁺ channels and release sensors at a fast central synapse are tightly coupled, which minimizes the effect of extracellular Ca²⁺ concentration on the timing of transmitter release.

C. elegans foraging efficiently approximate maximally informative search strategies that involve abrupt switching between different types of behaviors.