However, the mechanisms behind the comparison and integration of different sensory modalities are not well understood. To address this issue, we will utilize the brain of the fruit fly Drosophila, a ...

(A, B) Neurons are specialized eukaryotic cells ... Microtubules emanate from the axon, and actin-filament networks form sheet-like structures and filopodial protrusions at the leading edge.

Cortical neurons in the waking brain fire highly irregular, seemingly random, spike trains in response to constant sensory stimulation ... with known statistical structure. The unitary event ...

In children with autism, neurons were found to be differently dense in some areas of the brain, compared to those without autism.