Researchers show how the brain turns on innate behavior

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Image on the left shows a watercolor illustration of the fruit fly by Edith M. Wallace. Courtesy: Carnegie Institution. Image on the right shows several groups of peptide neurons (red green colored neurons) in the fly brain that regulate innate behav ...
Image on the left shows a watercolor illustration of the fruit fly by Edith M. Wallace. Courtesy: Carnegie Institution. Image on the right shows several groups of peptide neurons (red, green colored neurons) in the fly brain that regulate innate behavior. Image credit: Y-J. Kim, UCR. Credit: Left image, courtesy: Carnegie Institution. Right image, courtesy: Y-J. Kim, UCR.

UCR researchers have made a major leap forward in understanding how the brain programs innate behavior. The discovery could have future applications in engineering new behaviors in animals and intelligent robots.


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