However, conditioning has also been studied in invertebrates, and very important data on the neural basis of conditioning has come from experiments on the sea slug, " Aplysia ".
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The properties of the synapses displayed in the tests on conditioning involving the VTA dopamine neurons in the " Aplysia " are directly related to behavioral responses such as addiction in mammals.
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Their laboratories include a salt-water wave tank, a five-tank Conditioning and Spawning System, multi-tank Aplysia Culture Laboratory, Controlled Corals Climate Tanks, and DNA analysis equipment.
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"' Dishabituation in " Aplysia californica " "'is when the animal is presented to another novel stimulus and a partial or complete restoration of a habituated response occurs.
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The links between the synapses during the gill and siphon withdraw reflex are directly correlated to many behavioral traits in the " Aplysia " such as its habits, reflexes, and conditioning.
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"' Habituation in " Aplysia californica " "'is when a stimulus is repeatedly presented to an animal and there is a progressive decrease in response to that particular stimulus.
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The Rosenstiel School's research includes the study of marine life, particularly " Aplysia " and coral; climate change; air-sea interactions; coastal ecology; and admiralty law.
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But after a stimuli that was once novel ( e . g . a weak jet of water ) has been applied repeatedly to the gills, " aplysia " no longer withdraws them.
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""'Aplysia punctata " "'is a species of sea slug, a sea hare, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Aplysiidae, the sea hares.
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In classic experiments he showed how learning causes changes in the neurological wiring of a sea slug called Aplysia, whose nervous system is so simple that experimenting with it is like tinkering with an old radio.
