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Nature Neuroscience 9, 17–19 (1 January 2006) | doi:10.1038/nn1593

Classical and operant conditioning differentially modify the intrinsic properties of an identified neuron

Fred D Lorenzetti , Riccardo Mozzachiodi , Douglas A Baxter & John H Byrne

A long-standing debate in neuroscience is whether classical and operant conditioning are mechanistically similar or distinct. The feeding behavior of Aplysia provides a model system suitable for addressing this question.