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Synthesis Of Aplysia

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The reflex measured in the aplysia was the gill withdrawal reflex. We know that the animal has learned the longer the gill and siphon are retracted. The response of the aplysia to the stimulus after it has been paired with a shock is that it has learned that there is danger in its environment therefore it is on high alert and remains retracted. Its reflex last four times longer than a naïve animal. The response at the synapse is different after short-term exposure to a shock because the synapse between the sensory neurons and motor neurons gets stronger. The neurons begin to communicate differently because they temporally send stronger chemical signals and receive more signals that correspond to short term memory. If the shocks are given over

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