.... Glutamate GABA Neuromodulation Neuronal excitability Electric fish Pacemaker nucleus Electric communication Agonistic behavior Social signals Electric organ discharge South American freshwater weakly electric fish of the order Gymnotiformes rely on a common and relatively fixed electromotor...

...Stephanie P. Kelly; Monica G. Risley; Leonor E. Miranda; Ken Dawson-Scully ABSTRACT Drosophila melanogaster is a well-characterized model for neurological disorders and is widely used for investigating causes of altered neuronal excitability leading to seizure-like behavior. One method used...

...) and reproduced with permission. LP recordings courtesy of J.-M. Goaillard. In addition to compensatory mechanisms in response to changes in normal neuronal activity, long-term changes in neuronal excitability have been demonstrated as a response to deafferentation or injury to input pathways to neural...