A central problem in neruobiology has to do with how patterns of electrical activity convey meaningful information. That neurons and neuronal circuits of varying complexity determine behaviour is no longer in doubt. But identifying neural "networks" that control specific behaviour and the rules that these networks use to initiate and modulate appropriate responses remain difficult questions. Simple invertebrates exhibit a range of well studied behaviours and in many instances, all or most of the participating neurons have been identified.
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