Synaptic plasticity in cephalopods; more than just learning and memory?

@article{Brown2013SynapticPI,
  title={Synaptic plasticity in cephalopods; more than just learning and memory?},
  author={Euan R. Brown and Stefania Piscopo},
  journal={Invertebrate Neuroscience},
  year={2013},
  volume={13},
  pages={35-44}
}
The outstanding behavioural capacity of cephalopods is underpinned by a highly sophisticated nervous system anatomy and neural mechanisms that often differ significantly from similarly complex systems in vertebrates and insects. Cephalopods exhibit considerable behavioural flexibility and adaptability, and it might be expected that this should be supported by evident cellular and synaptic plasticity. Here, we review what little is known of the cellular mechanisms that underlie plasticity in… 
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