Re: Sea slug nervous system - computer model

July 6, 2001
From: Cynthia Trowbridge

Dear Bill,

George J. Mpitsos at Oregon State University has many papers on the topic of opisthobranch brain functions and computer simulation models.

Contact Information:
Hatfield Marine Science Center
Newport, Oregon 97365
gmpitsos@slugo.hmsc.orst.edu

Dr. Mpitsos' research is concerned with neurophysiology and neuropharmacology of behavior and associative learning in molluscs. His studies involve the role of chaos and other forms of variability in the self-organization of adaptive behavior. His experiments combine biological and computer simulation studies.

Some of his papers:
• Mpitsos, G.J. "Attractor gradients: Architects of developmental organization." In: Identified Neurons: Twenty-Five Years of Progress, Leonard JL, (Ed), Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA (1996). In press.
• Andrade, M.A., J.C. Nuño, F. Moran, F. Montero, G.J. Mpitsos. "Complex dynamics of a catalytic network having faulty replication into an error species." Phys. D. (1993) 63:21-40.
• Mpitsos G.J., S. Soinila. "In search of a unifying theory of biological organization: What does the motor system of a sea slug tell us about human motor integration?" In: Variability and Motor Control, J.M. Newell and D. Corcos (Eds), Human Kinetics, Champaign (1993) pp 225-290.
• Burton, R.M., G.J. Mpitsos. "Event-dependent control of noise enhances learning in neural networks." Neural Networks (1992) 5:627-637.
• Mpitsos G.J., R.M. Burton. "Convergence and divergence in neural networks: Processing of chaos and biological analogy." Neural Networks (1992) 5:605-625.
• Soinila S., G.J. Mpitsos. "Immunohistochemistry of diverging and converging neurotransmitter systems in molluscs." Biol. Bull. (1991) 181:484-499.
• Soinila S., G.J. Mpitsos, J. Soinila. "Enkephalin immunohistochemistry: Model studies on conjugation reaction and fixation." J. Histochem. Cytochem. (1992) 40:231-239.
• Mpitsos, G.J. "Chaos in brain function and the problem of non-stationarity: A commentary." In: Dynamics of Sensory and Cognitive Processing by the Brain, E. Basar and T.H. Bullock (Eds.), Springer-Verlag, New York (1989) pp 521-535.
• Mpitsos, G.J., T.F. Murray, H.C. Creech, D.L. Barker. "Muscarinic antagonist enhances one-trial food-aversion learning in Pleurobranchaea." Brain Research Bulletin (1988) 21:169-179.
• Mpitsos, G.J., R.M. Burton, H.C. Creech and S.O. Soinila. "Evidence for chaos in spike trains of neurons that generate rhythmic motor patterns." Brain Research Bulletin (1988) 21:529-538.
• Mpitsos, G.J., R.M. Burton, H.C. Creech, and S.O. Soinila. "Connectionist networks learn to transmit chaos." Brain Research Bulletin (1988). In press.
• Mpitsos, G.J., H.C. Creech, C.S. Cohan, and M. Mendelson. "Variability and chaos: Neurointegrative principles in self-organization of motor patterns." In: Dynamic Patterns in Complex Systems, J.A.S. Kelso, A. Mandell, and M.F. Shlesinger (Eds.), World Scientific Press, Singapore, NJ (1988) 162-190.
• Mpitsos, G.J., T.F. Murray, H.C. Creech, and D.L. Barker. "Muscarinic cholinrgic action in one-trial food-aversion conditioning: Scopolamine enhances experimental-control differences in the mollusc Pleurobranchaea." Brain Research Bulletin (1988). In press.
• Murray, T.F., and G.J. Mpitsos. "Evidence for heterogeneity of muscarinic receptors in the mollusc Pleurobranchaea." Brain Research Bulletin (1988). In press.

Hope this helps.
Cordially,
CynthiaHatfield Marine Science Center,

trowbric@ucs.orst.edu

Trowbridge, C., 2001 (Jul 6) Re: Sea slug nervous system - computer model. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/4749

Thanks Cynthia,
Bill Rudman

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