Topic: olfactory centers

Rhythmic electrical activity in the central nervous system is involved in cognitive functions in many animals and is also found in the olfactory centers of terrestrial gastropods, including slugs and snails. The procerebrum, the secondary olfactory center of the terrestrial slug (Limax valentianus), forms a unique layered structure that generates spontaneous, synchronized oscillatory activity all the time to process odor-related information. Previous studies have shown that synchronous oscillatory networks are spontaneously reorganized as neurites elongate in dispersed cell culture of procereb