ArticleBMC neuroscience2023
Characterization of the planarian surface electroencephalogram.
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- Planarian behavioral screening is a useful invertebrate model for evaluating seizurogenic chemicals.Neurotoxicology · 2026Article
- Planarian behavioral screening is a useful invertebrate model for evaluating seizurogenic chemicals.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Can Theta Burst Electromagnetic Fields Disrupt Learning in Planaria? Evidence of Impaired Fear-Conditioned Responses.Bioelectromagnetics · 2025Article
- Oxygen consumption rate of flatworms under the influence of wake- and sleep-promoting neurotransmitters.Journal of experimental zoology. Part A, Ecological and integrative physiology · 2024Article
- Neurophysiological measurements of planarian brain activity: a unique model for neuroscience research.Biology open · 2024Article
- Why study sleep in flatworms?Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology · 2024Review
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Abstract
backgroundDespite large morphological differences between the nervous systems of lower animals and humans, striking functional similarities have been reported. However, little is known about how these functional similarities translate to cognitive similarities. As a first step towards studying the cognitive abilities of simple nervous systems, we here characterize the ongoing electrophysiological activity of the planarian Schmidtea mediterranea. One previous report using invasive microelectrodes describes that the ongoing neural activity is characterized by a 1/f
resultsAs a replication and extension of the previous results, we show that the ongoing neural activity is characterized by a 1/f
conclusionsWe confirm the existence of continuous EEG activity in planarians and show that it is possible to noninvasively record this activity with surface wire electrodes. This opens up broad possibilities for continuous recordings across longer intervals, and repeated recordings from the same animals to study cognitive processes.
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