A backup copy in the central brain: How fruit flies form orientation memory

Tuesday, March 7, 2017 - 11:01 in Biology & Nature

Insects have a spatial orientation memory that helps them remember the location of their destination if they are briefly deflected from their route. Researchers have examined how this working memory functions on the biochemical level in the case of Drosophila melanogaster.

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