New research explores how the fly brain reroutes odor information to produce flexible behavior
Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 12:24
in Biology & Nature
Taking advantage of the simple architecture of the fruit fly brain, scientists examined how the molecule dopamine acts like an operator at a switchboard, changing the flow of information. Their work helps explain why the same stimulus can lead to different responses, and quite likely has parallels in the human brain. More »