Kathleen Jacquerie

The paper investigates how temperature affects neuromuscular function in the crab Cancer borealis and identifies compensatory mechanisms that maintain function across temperature changes.

The paper shows that switching between tonic and burst firing in neural networks creates a burst-induced attractor in synaptic weight dynamics, which stabilizes synapses and supports memory consolidation.

This paper shows that stomach muscles of Cancer borealis hyperpolarize with warming and operate optimally within a narrow pH window, mediated by K2P channels that reduce excitability and maintain neuromuscular function under environmental change.

The paper introduces a two-stage synaptic plasticity rule that enables memory consolidation during burst firing regimes by stabilizing prior learning and improving generalization.