Study reveals dopamine neurons that play a role in learning and memory also drive motivation.
Researchers explain how odor habituation occurs. Familiar smells can be ignored in favor of new odors that are faint, but important.
HHMI researchers used electronic microscopy technology to generate a high resolution digital snapshot of the adult fruit fly brain.
Researchers describe what happens in the brain just prior to making a decision.
A new study shows how dopamine can help change the flow of information in the brain.
Researchers discover a key to forming distinct associative memories lies in how information from the senses is encoded in the brain.
Using fruit flies, researchers discover how the brain integrates multiple signals to identify unique smells.
Researchers have mapped the activity of brain cells in the mushroom body of flies conditioned to have Pavlovian behavioral responses to different odors. The findings suggest the activity of as few as 25 neurons are required to be able to distinguish between different odors.
