What is it about?
This paper describes the main neurons driving the muscles that shrimp use to escape from predators.
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Why is it important?
We know the neurons that crayfish use to escape predators very well, and this paper pinpoints differences between the crayfish and shrimp. There are fewer neurons in shrimp, and a neuron that is paired in crayfish is a spectacular fused neuron in shrimp.
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This paper contains my favourite image from any of my scientific publications. Blog posts about this paper: http://neurodojo.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-most-beautiful-thing-ive-made-in.html http://neurodojo.blogspot.com/2015/07/shrimp-ffmn-fac-social-media-exclusive.html
Zen Faulkes
The Umiversity of Texas Rio Grande Valley
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This page is a summary of: Motor neurons in the escape response circuit of white shrimp (Litopenaeus setiferus), PeerJ, July 2015, PeerJ,
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1112.
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