Studying small brains to understand the building blocks of cognition

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 37, Issue , 2016, Pages 59-65

  Haberkern, Hannah ^a   Jayaraman, Vivek ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; COGNITION; DRAGONFLY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HONEYBEE; INSECT; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; ORIENTATION; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VISION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WORKING MEMORY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY FEEDBACK;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; MODELS, ANIMAL; OPTOGENETICS;

EID: 84955590474     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2016.01.007     Document Type: Review

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