对被鉴定出的细胞之间的连接的绘制是基于W. T. Frazier, E. R. Kandel, I. Kupfermann, R. Waziri, and R. E. Coggeshall, “Morphological and functional properties of identified neurons in the abdominal ganglion of Aplysia californica.” J. Neurophysiol. 30 (1967): 1288–1351; E. R. Kandel, W. T. Frazier, R. Waziri, and R. E. Coggeshall, “Direct and common connections among identified neurons in Aplysia,” J. Neurophysiol. 30 (1967): 1352–76; I. Kupfermann and E. R. Kandel, “Neuronal controls of a behavioral response mediated by the abdominal ganglion of Aplysia,” Science164 (1969): 847–50. 在最初的实验中，我们常常使用电击头部而非尾部来形成敏感化实验中的非条件作用强刺激。
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