If I plug my ipod into my laptop, itunes no longer opens.

The ipod says "Connected" and charges, but nothing else. When I do the same for my iphone, itunes opens immediately and the iphone charges.
Oh, and if I plug my ipod in then unplug the cable, itunes then opens.
Help?

Addition: in Devices Preferences, my ipod no longer appears. All the music I've added is still in itunes and on the ipod though.

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