Sentences with phrase «of sea slugs»

«This and previous studies show that connectivity of the neural circuits of two different species of sea slugs differ substantially from each other despite the presence of homologous neurons and behaviors.

Unusually warm waters in the Pacific Ocean are driving dozens of species of nudibranch — a photogenic type of sea slug — northward at a surprising pace.

One afternoon in the late 1980s, a young marine biologist named Drew Harvell unearthed dozens of sea slugs in an upstate New York warehouse.

Long - term memory, reflected in the extended flexion of the gill and the neural architecture of the sea slug, was the end result of the whole chemical parade.

A species of sea slug squirts chemicals into its partner's head during mating, perhaps in a bid to take control of its brain

«Small but deadly: The chemical warfare of sea slugs.»

There are no electrodes plugged into the heads of sea slugs.

Still busy trying to coax more information out of sea slugs, Kandel also serves as a professor of biochemistry, physiology, and psychiatry at Columbia University, where his laboratory is located.

In one patch of reef in the Philippines, researchers found more than 40 different kinds of sea slugs that are likely new to science, including the lacy - looking specimen above.

Drs. Akira Sakurai and Paul Katz of Georgia State's Neuroscience Institute study the brains of sea slugs, more specifically nudibranchs, which have large neurons that form simple circuits and produce simple behaviors.

They reported that neural connectivity between the same neurons in two different species of sea slugs varies independently of behavior and the evolutionary history of an organism.

Neurobiologist Craig Bailey uses confocal microscopy to track the learning - related changes in synapses of the sea slug Aplysia.

The largest mini-brains-in-a-dish are only 4 millimeters across — roughly the size of a sea slug or jellyfish brain — and, Minnesota's O'Brien said, «a tiny, tiny fraction of the human brain.

We have sighted popcorn crabs, yellow boxfish, soft coral crabs, soft coral candy crab, a variety of sea slugs like the adorably named pikachu, sea apple and so many more to tempt divers to an extended stay.

What's even more wonderful is that she sells her felt creations and prints via her Etsy shop, so you can get your hands on one of these sea slug brooches.

Nudibranchs are part of the sea slug family, and many are beautifully colored, retaining the coloring of the food that they eat.

He estimates that he's discovered between 1,200 and 1,500 new species of nudibranchs — about one - third of all sea slug species that are known to exist.

The nudibranch Cratena peregrina (pictured), a type of sea slug, often attacks prey that have just eaten, thus getting an extra boost of nutrition from the prey's undigested meal, a new analysis reveals.

A small team of scientists at The University of Western Australia, the Western Australian Museum, and the California Academy of Sciences has identified 18 new species of sea slugs, including some...