Cells with double vision: How one and the same nerve cell reacts to two visual areas
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 - 14:07
in Biology & Nature
In comparison to many other living creatures, flies tend to be small and their brains, despite their complexity, are quite manageable. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology in Martinsried have now ascertained that these insects can make up for their low number of nerve cells by means of sophisticated network interactions.