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Integrative Neuroscience of Paramecium, a “Swimming Neuron”

Romain Brette
eNeuro 5 May 2021, 8 (3) ENEURO.0018-21.2021; https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0018-21.2021
Romain Brette
Sorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de la Vision, Paris 75012, France
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0018-21.2021
PubMed 
33952615
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History 
  • Received January 15, 2021
  • Revision received March 17, 2021
  • Accepted March 18, 2021
  • Published online May 5, 2021.
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Copyright © 2021 Brette This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided that the original work is properly attributed.

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  1. Romain Brette
  1. Sorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de la Vision, Paris 75012, France
  1. Correspondence should be addressed to Romain Brette at romain.brette{at}inserm.fr.
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  1. Author contributions: R.B. designed research; R.B. performed research; R.B. wrote the paper.

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  • The author declares no competing financial interests.

  • This work was supported by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche Grant ANR-20-CE30-0025-01, the Programme Investissements d’Avenir IHU FOReSIGHT Grant ANR-18-IAHU-01, the Sorbonne Université Programme Emergence Grant NEUROSWIM, and the Fondation Pour l’Audition Grant FPA RD-2017-2.

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    ANR-20-CE30-0025-01
  • Programme Investissements d'Avenir IHU FOReSIGHT

    ANR-18-IAHU-01
  • Sorbonne Université Programme Emergence

    NEUROSWIM
  • Fondation Pour l'Audition

    FPA RD-2017-2

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