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Wooller, Sarah, Anagnostopoulou, Aikaterini, Kuropka, Benno, Crossley, Michael, Benjamin, Paul R, Pearl, Frances, Kemenes, Ildiko, Kemenes, György and Eravci, Murat (2022) A combined bioinformatics and LC-MS-based approach for the development and benchmarking of a comprehensive database of Lymnaea CNS proteins. Journal of Experimental Biology, 225 (7). pp. 1-7. ISSN 0022-0949
Pirger, Zsolt, László, Zita, Naskar, Souvik, Crossley, Michael, O'Shea, Michael, Benjamin, Paul R, Kemenes, György and Kemenes, Ildikó (2021) Interneuronal mechanisms for learning-induced switch in a sensory response that anticipates changes in behavioural outcomes. Current Biology. pp. 1-8. ISSN 0960-9822
Crossley, Michael, Lorenzetti, Frederick D, Naskar, Souvik, O'Shea, Michael, Kemenes, György, Benjamin, Paul R and Kemenes, Ildikó (2019) Proactive and retroactive interference with associative memory consolidation in the snail Lymnaea is time and circuit dependent. Communications Biology, 2 (242). pp. 1-11. ISSN 2399-3642
Crossley, Michael, Lorenzetti, Frederick D, Naskar, Souvik, O'Shea, Michael, Kemenes, György, Benjamin, Paul R and Kemenes, Ildikó (2019) Proactive and retroactive interference with associative memory consolidation in the snail Lymnaea is time and circuit dependent. Communications Biology, 2 (242). pp. 1-11. ISSN 2399-3642
Pirger, Zsolt, Crossley, Michael, Laszlo, Zita, Naskar, Souvik, Kemenes, George, O'Shea, Michael, Benjamin, Paul and Kemenes, Ildiko (2014) Erratum: Interneuronal mechanism for Tinbergen's hierarchical model of behavioral choice. Current Biology, 24 (18). pp. 2018-2024. ISSN 0960-9822
Pirger, Zsolt, Crossley, Michael, Zita, László, Naskar, Souvik, Kemenes, György, O'Shea, Michael, Benjamin, Paul R and Kemenes, Ildikó (2014) Interneuronal mechanism for Tinbergen's hierarchical model of behavioral choice. Current Biology, 24 (17). pp. 2018-2024. ISSN 0960-9822
Marra, Vincenzo, O'Shea, Michael, Benjamin, Paul and Kemenes, Ildiko (2013) Susceptibility of memory consolidation during lapses in recall. Nature Communications, 4. p. 1578. ISSN 2041-1723
Korneev, Sergei A, Kemenes, Ildiko, Bettini, Natalia L, Kemenes, George, Staras, Kevin, Benjamin, Paul and O'Shea, Michael (2013) Axonal trafficking of an antisense RNA transcribed from a pseudogene is regulated by classical conditioning. Scientific Reports, 3. pp. 1-5. ISSN 2045-2322
Benjamin, P R (2012) Distributed network organization underlying feeding behavior in the mollusk Lymnaea. Neural Systems and Circuits, 2 (4). ISSN 2042-1001
Kemenes, Ildikó, O'Shea, Michael and Benjamin, Paul R (2011) Different circuit and monoamine mechanisms consolidate long-term memory in aversive and reward classical conditioning. European Journal of Neuroscience, 33 (1). pp. 143-152. ISSN 0953-816X
Vavoulis, Dimitris V, Nikitin, Eugeny S, Kemenes, Ildikó, Marra, Vincenzo, Feng, Jianfeng, Benjamin, Paul R and Kemenes, György (2010) Balanced plasticity and stability of the electrical properties of a molluscan modulatory interneuron after classical conditioning: a computational study. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 4. a19 1-13. ISSN 1662-5153
Ribeiro, M, Schofield, M, Kemenes, I, Benjamin, P R, O'Shea, M and Korneev, S A (2010) Atypical guanylyl cyclase form the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis: cloning, sequence analysis and characterization of expression. Neuroscience, 165 (3). pp. 794-800. ISSN 0306-4522
Marra, Vincenzo, Kemenes, Ildikó, Vavoulis, Dimitris, Feng, Jianfeng, O'Shea, Michael and Benjamin, Paul R (2010) Role of tonic inhibition in associative reward condiitoning in Lymnaea. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 4 (161). ISSN 1662-5153
Benjamin, Paul R, Staras, Kevin and Kemenes, György (2010) What roles do tonic inhibition and disinhibition play in the control of motor programs. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 4. pp. 1-6.
Kemenes, Ildiko, O'Shea, Michael and Benjamin, Paul R (2009) Comparison of aversive and reward one-trial classical conditioning in the Lymnaea feeding system. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology, 153A (2). S152-S152. ISSN 1095-6433
Kemenes, György and Benjamin, Paul R (2009) Lymnaea. Current Biology, 19 (1). pp. 9-11. ISSN 0960-9822
Nikitin, Eugeny S, Vavoulis, Dimitris V, Kemenes, Ildikó, Marra, Vincenzo, Pirger, Zsolt, Michel, Maximilian, Feng, Jianfeng, O'Shea, Michael, Benjamin, Paul R and Kemenes, György (2008) Persistent sodium current is a nonsynaptic substrate for long-term associative memory. Current Biology, 18 (16). pp. 1221-1226. ISSN 0960-9822
Nikitin, Eugeny S, Vavoulis, Dimitris V, Kemenes, Ildikó, Marra, Vincenzo, Pirger, Zsolt, Michel, Maximillian, Feng, Jianfeng, O'Shea, Michael, Benjamin, Paul R and Kemenes, György (2008) Persistent sodium current is a non-synaptic substate for long-term associative memory. Current Biology, 18 (16). pp. 1221-1226. ISSN 0960-9822
Benjamin, Paul R, Kemenes, Ildikó and Kemenes, György (2008) Non-synaptic neuronal mechanisms of learning and memory in gastropod molluscs. Frontiers in Biosciences, 13. pp. 4051-4057. ISSN 1093-4715
Ribeiro, Maria, Straub, Volko A, Schofield, Michael, Picot, Jo, Benjamin, Paul R, O'Shea, Michael and Korneev, Sergei A. (2008) Characterization of NO-sensitive guanylyl cyclase:expression in an identified interneuron involved in No-cGMP-dependent memory formation. European Journal of Neuroscience, 28 (6). pp. 1157-1165. ISSN 0953-816X
Fulton, D, Kemenes, I, Andrew, R J and Benjamin, P R (2008) Time-window for sensitivity to cooling distinguishes the effects of hypothermia and protein synthesis inhibition on the consolidation of long-term memory. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 90 (4). pp. 651-654. ISSN 1074-7427
Vavoulis, Dimitris V., Nikitin, Eugeny S., Feng, Jianfeng, Benjamin, Paul and Kemenes, György (2007) Computational model of a modulatory cell type in the feeding network of the snail, Lymnaea stagnalis. BMC Neuroscience, 8 (Supp 2). p. 113. ISSN 1471-2202
Vavoulis, Dimitris V, Straub, Volko A, Kemenes, Ildikó, Kemenes, György, Feng, Jianfeng and Benjamin, Paul R (2007) Dynamic control of a central pattern generator circuit: a computational model of the snail feeding network. European Journal of Neuroscience, 25 (9). pp. 2805-2818. ISSN 0953-816X
Straub, Volko A, Grant, James, O'Shea, Michael and Benjamin, Paul R (2007) Modulation of serotononergic neurotransmission by nitric oxide. Journal of Neurophysiology, 97 (2). pp. 1088-1099. ISSN 0022-3077
Kemenes, Ildikó, Straub, Volko A, Nikitin, Eugeny S, Staras, Kevin, O'Shea, Michael, Kemenes, György and Benjamin, Paul R (2006) Role of delayed nonsynaptic neuronal plasticity in long-term associative memory. Current Biology, 16 (13). pp. 1269-1279. ISSN 0960-9822
Straub, Volko A, Kemenes, Ildikó, O'Shea, Michael and Benjamin, Paul R (2006) Associative memory stored by functional novel pathway rather than modifications of preexisting neuronal pathways. Journal of Neuroscience, 26 (15). pp. 4139-4146. ISSN 0270-6474
Ribeiro, Maria J, Schofield, Michael G, Kemenes, Ildikó, O'Shea, Michael, Kemenes, György and Benjamin, Paul R (2005) Activation of MAPK is necessary for long-term memory consolidation following food-reward conditioning. Learning and Memory, 12 (5). pp. 538-545. ISSN 1072-0502
Korneev, Sergei A, Straub, Volko, Kemenes, Ildikó, Korneeva, Elena I, Ott, Swidbert R, Benjamin, Paul R and O'Shea, Michael (2005) Timed and targeted differential regulation of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and anti-NOS genes by reward conditioning leading to long-term memory formation. Journal of Neuroscience, 25 (5). pp. 1188-1192. ISSN 0270-6474
Serfőző, Zoltán, Ribeiro, Maria J, Papp, Andrea, Kemenes, Ildikó, O'Shea, Michael, Yin, Jerry C P, Benjamin, Paul R and Kemenes, György (2003) Cyclic AMP response element binding (CREB)-like proteins in a molluscan brain: cellular localization and learning-induced phosphorylation. European Journal of Neuroscience, 18 (5). pp. 1223-1234. ISSN 1460-9568
Jones, Nicholas G, Kemenes, Ildikó, Kemenes, György and Benjamin, Paul R (2003) A persistent cellular change in a single modulatory neuron contributes to associative long-term memory. Current Biology, 13 (12). pp. 1064-1069. ISSN 0960-9822
Staras, Kevin, Kemenes, Ildikó, Benjamin, Paul R and Kemenes, György (2003) Loss of self-inhibition is a cellular mechanism for episodic rhythmic behavior. Current Biology, 13 (2). pp. 116-124. ISSN 0960-9822
Korneev, Sergei A, Kemenes, Ildikó, Straub, Volko, Staras, Kevin, Korneeva, Elena I, Kemenes, György, Benjamin, Paul R and O’Shea, Michael (2002) Suppression of nitric oxide (NO)-dependent behavior by double-stranded RNA-mediated silencing of a neuronal NO synthase gene. Journal of Neuroscience, 22 (11). RC227. ISSN 0270-6474
Kemenes, Ildikó, Kemenes, György, Andrew, Richard J, Benjamin, Paul R and O'Shea, Michael (2002) Critical time window for NO-cGMP-dependent long-term memory formation after one-trial appetitive conditioning. Journal of Neuroscience, 22 (4). pp. 1414-1425. ISSN 0270-6474
Book Section
Benjamin, Paul R and Kemenes, György (2017) Behavioral and circuit analysis of learning and memory in mollusks. In: Byrne, John H (ed.) Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference (Second Edition). Elsevier, Oxford, pp. 427-440. ISBN 9780128051597
Spencer, Gaynor E, Rothwell, Cailin M and Benjamin, Paul R (2017) Associative memory mechanisms in the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis. In: Salleuddin, Saber and Mukai, Spencer (eds.) Physiology of molluscs: a collection of selected reviews. Apple Academic Press, New Jersey, pp. 1-42. ISBN 9781771885737
Nowotny, Thomas and Benjamin, Paul (2013) Gap junctions in small networks. In: Jaeger, Dieter and Jung, Ranu (eds.) Encyclopedia of Computational Neuroscience. Springer-Verlag. ISBN 9781461466741
Edited Book
Menzel, Randolf and Benjamin, Paul, eds. (2013) Invertebrate learning and memory. Handbooks of behavioral neuroscience, 22 . Academic Press, London. ISBN 9780124158238
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Benjamin, P.R. (2015) Why do physiologists work on snails? A personal perspective. Physiology News, issue 99, 27-30.
Benjamin, P.R. (2008) Lymnaea. Scholarpedia 3(1): 4124. doi: 10.4249/scholarpedia.4124.
Benjamin, P.R. & Kemenes, G. (2010) Lymnaea learning and memory. Scholarpedia 5(8):4247. doi:10.4249/scholarpedia.4247
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Benjamin, P.R. & Swindale, N.V. (1975) Electrical properties of 'dark green' and 'yellow' neurosecretory cells in the snail, Lymnaea stagnalis L. Nature 258, 622-623.
Benjamin, PR. (1976) Interganglionic variation in cell body location location of snail neurones does not affect synaptic connections or central axonal projections. Nature 260, 338-340.
Winlow, W. & Benjamin, P.R. (1977) Postsynaptic effects of a multiaction giant interneuron on identified snail neurones. Nature 268, 263-265.
Benjamin, PR & Rose, R.M.(1979) Central generation of bursting in the feeding system of the snail, Lymnaea stagnalis. J. Exp Biol. 80, 93-118.
Rose, R.M. & Benjamin, P.R. (1979) The relationship of the central motor pattern to the feeding cycle of Lymnaea stagnalis. J. Exp. Biol. 80, 137-163.
Benjamin, P.R. & Rose, R.M. (1980) Interneuronal circuitry underlying cyclical feeding. Trends in Neurosciences, 3, 272-274.
Benjamin, P.R. & Allison, P. (1985) Regeneration of excitatory, inhibitory and biphasic synaptic connections made by a snail giant interneuron. Proc Roy. Soc B, 226, 159-176.
Benjamin, P.R. & Pilkington, (1986) The electrotonic location of low resistence intercellular juctions between a pair of giant neurons in the snail Lymnaea. J. Physiol. 370, 111-126.
Brezden, B.L., Benjamin, P.R. & Gardner, D.R. (1991) FMRFamide activates a divalent cation-conducting channel in heart muscle cells of the snail Lymnaea stagnalis. J. Physiol. 443, 727-738.
Bright, K., Kellett, E., Saunders, S.E., Brierley, M.J., Burke, J.F. & Benjamin, P.R. (1993) Mutually exclusive expresssion of alternatively spliced FMRFamide transcripts in identified neuronal systems of the snail Lymnaea. J. Neurosci. 13, 2719-2729.
Benjamin, P.R. & Burke, J.F. (1994) Alternative mRNA splicing of the FMRFamide gene and its role in neuropeptidergic signalling in a defined neural network. Bioessays 16, 335-342.
Staras, K. Kemenes, G. & Benjamin, P.R. (1999) Cellular traces of behavioral classical conditioning can be recorded at several specific sites in a simple nervous system. J. Neurosci. 19, 347-357.
Benjamin, P.R., Staras, K. & Kemenes, G. (2000) A systems approach to the cellular analysis of associative learning in the pond snail Lymnaea. Learning and Memory 7, 124-131.
Straub, V.A. & Benjamin, P.R. (2001) Extrinsic modulation and motor pattern generation in a feeding network: a cellular study. J. Neurosci. 21, 1767-1778.
Perry, S.J., Straub, V.A., Schofield, M.G., Burke, J.F. & Benjamin, P.R. (2001) Neuronal expression of an FMRFamide-gated sodium channel and its modulation by acid pH. J. Neurosci. 21, 5559-5567.
Straub, V.A., Starars,K., Kemenes, G. & Benjamin, P.R. (2002) Endogenous and network properties of Lymnaea feeding central pattern generating interneurons. J. Neurophysiol. 88, 1589-1583.
Jones, N.G., Kemenes, I., Kemenes, G. & Benjamin, P.R. (2003) A persistent change in a single modulatory neuron contributes to associative long-term memory. Curr. Biol. 13, 116-124.
Kemenes, I., Straub, V.A., Nikitin, S., Staras, K., O'Shea, M. Kemenes, G. & Benjamin, P.R. (2006) Role of delayed nonsynaptic neuronal plasticity in long-term associative memory. Curr. Biol. 16, 1269-1279.
Straub, V.A., Kemenes, I., O'Shea.M. & Benjamin, P.R. (2006) Associative memory stored by functional novel pathway rather than modification of pre-existing neuronal pathways. J. Neurosci. 26, 4139-4146.
Vavoulis, D.V., Straub, V.A., Kemenes, I. Kemenes, G., Feng, J-F & Benjamin, P.R. (2007) Dynamic control of a central pattern generator circuit: a computational model of the snail feeding netowrk. Eur. J. Neurosci. 25, 2805-2918.