CWRU Biologists Find Keys to Driving a Cockroach
Thursday, October 22, 2015 - 12:40
in Biology & Nature
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have identified neurons in a cockroach's brain that control whether the insect walks slow or fast, turns right or left or downshifts to climb. Selectively stimulating these same neurons alters reflexes and causes the roaches to replicate movements.