Topic: single-cell electrophysiological recordings

Neural circuits are reconfigured to tune behaviour to the prevailing conditions. For instance, resting Xenopus laevis tadpoles start swimming when appropriately stimulated, but halt if the same stimulation is applied during ongoing locomotion. These opposite responses can be explained by a reconfiguration of the sensorimotor circuit, so that the same sensory pathway can exert either an excitatory or inhibitory effect on locomotion, depending on the current motor state. This form of neuronal network reconfiguration could be shared by different neuronal networks and across different species.Prev