Amacrine cells (ACs) comprise a heterogeneous class of inhibitory neurons in the vertebrate retina, exhibiting morphological and functional complexity rivaling that of cortical interneurons. Here, we ...

Bilaterian animals must integrate sensory input from both sides of their bodies to make coherent perceptual decisions. In Drosophila larvae, olfactory receptor neurons target the ipsilateral brain hem...

Behavior modulates the activity of sensory systems in multiple ways: from gain changes in individual neurons to changing interactions in neural populations. These effects are not universal; while move...

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Variability is a prominent feature of animal behavior across species. Despite highly controlled experimental conditions, the same individual often responds differently to repeated identical stimulatio...

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Foraging honeybees rely on a celestial compass to navigate to and from the hive, using the sun’s position as an orientation reference. When the sun is hidden from view,bees can determine its azi...

Allocating space, materials and energy to an eye's optics and photoreceptor array is a major factor in eye design that explains obvious differences between simple eyes and compound eyes.

Prediction without understanding sustained astronomy through a thousand years of epicycles. Artificial intelligence is now offering neuroscience the same deal.

In this Quick Guide, Salobnik and Marshall provide an overview of the ciliate Stentor coeruleus, which has a rich history as an experimental organism but was hidden from view for a number of years, on...

Identification of each animal in a collective becomes possible even when individuals are never all visible simultaneously, enabling faster and more accurate analysis of collective behavior.

Animals reprioritize behavioral goals in response to internal physiological states. Using larval zebrafish, we investigated whether engagement with a …

The biotic and abiotic environments are potent drivers of individual plasticity. Zebrafish, a popular research model around the world, has been extens…