Background In all animals, the nervous system senses microbial signals to influence host defense. Despite emerging as important sensors of infection to regulate immunity and inflammation, the mechanis...

Neural circuits that consolidate sensory cues are essential for neurological functioning. Neural circuits that perform sensory integration can vary greatly because the sensory processing regions of th...

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Animals respond to changes in their environment and internal states via neuromodulation. Neuropeptides modulate neural circuits with flexibility because one gene can produce either multiple copies of ...