Hydra. They be there. Sitting. All day long. Sometimes they giggle if u tickle & #39;em.

wasn& #39;t going to do a thread but someone encouraged (u know who you are) so instead of a traditional https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧵" title="Thread" aria-label="Emoji: Thread"> on our preprint (if you& #39;re looking for a paper summary this ain& #39;t it sorrynotsorry https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙃" title="Auf den Kopf gestelltes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Auf den Kopf gestelltes Gesicht">)...1/n

I& #39;ll tell the story behind this work through (re)tweets of some really cool tweeps here who (unknowingly) made it easier for me w these discussions

(some of these tweets are old but really good resources + excellent ex of power of scitwitter)
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There are lots of animal models in neuroscience, yet somehow we ended up giving more importance to animalshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐭" title="Mäusegesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Mäusegesicht"> with centralized nervous systems.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧵" title="Thread" aria-label="Emoji: Thread"> https://twitter.com/andpru/status/1297211771535622145?s=21

Hydra">https://twitter.com/andpru/st... have a diffuse nervous system without a brain/ganglion and have been around for millions of years.
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With a recent example showing striking differences between even closely related species (rats v mice), It& #39;s pretty clear that we/neuroscientists need to make room for studying diverse systems. https://twitter.com/neuroecology/status/1291421734613200897?s=21

This">https://twitter.com/neuroecol... includes non-traditional model organisms like Hydra.
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By studying behaviors conserved in many nervous systems, & #39;simple& #39; & & #39;complex& #39;, we can understand the fundamental principles in neuroscience.

Sensorimotor behaviors are at the top of this list of conserved behaviors
In Hydra: mechanical stimuli --> whole-body contractions
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Traditionally, we/neuroscientists perturb the nervous systems with whatever means necessary

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https://twitter.com/gottapatchemall/status/1285250235682308106?s=21

so">https://twitter.com/gottapatc... in Hydra, we...umm:

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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔪" title="Küchenmesser" aria-label="Emoji: Küchenmesser"> ( •_•)
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CR- @dgonzales1990 ahh I can& #39;t find your tweet anymore https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Gesicht mit Freudentränen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Freudentränen">but I know u so we cool
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The result --> hypostome network is https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🗝️" title="Alter Schlüssel" aria-label="Emoji: Alter Schlüssel"> but Hydra be like I still got the rest of this nerve net so https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤷‍♀️" title="Achselzuckende Frau" aria-label="Emoji: Achselzuckende Frau">

Also petition to call the peduncle network, buttbrain b/c honestly, same energy ashttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🪳" title="Cockroach" aria-label="Emoji: Cockroach"> https://twitter.com/neubadah/status/1317542923274276865?s=21
Hydra">https://twitter.com/neubadah/... has a hole in its foot & sometimes passes gas through it so
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That& #39;s it. That was the reason behind Hydra and this preprint.

And these are the awesome people behind this work - @JTRobinsonLab @Juliano_Lab @ProtozoaPrimack! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙏" title="Folded hands" aria-label="Emoji: Folded hands">

GO VOTE!

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