A Memory Center Linked to Smell In Insects Also Opens a Window Into Their Sight
July 09, 2024
July 09, 2024
NEW YORK, July 9 (TNSres) -- Columbia University's Zuckerman Institute issued the following news:
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By tracing connections inside the fruit fly brain, Zuckerman Institute researchers hope to learn more about multisensory learning
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To create memories from smells, such as ones that signal tasty food, insects depend on a brain region known as the mushroom body. Intriguingly, in fruit flies, about one out of 10 cells in that brain are . . .
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By tracing connections inside the fruit fly brain, Zuckerman Institute researchers hope to learn more about multisensory learning
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To create memories from smells, such as ones that signal tasty food, insects depend on a brain region known as the mushroom body. Intriguingly, in fruit flies, about one out of 10 cells in that brain are . . .