She and her colleagues have been using computers to automatically track the behavior of male and female fruit flies in a bowl as
different subsets of their neurons are activated.
«We are looking at
a different subset of neurons that were previously unknown,» Chen says.
Not exact matches
A
subset of neurons will fire — that is, send electrical signals that convey information — when a person focuses their attention on the upper half
of a scene, whereas a
different subgroup activates when attention is transferred to the lower half.
Moreover, it seems that distinct
subsets of dopamine
neurons belong to discrete circuits that carry out
different functions, although the architecture
of these circuits remains an open question.