
Three-dimensional head-direction coding in the bat brain - Nature
Dec 3, 2014 · A study of freely moving bats provides new insights into how the brain encodes a three-dimensional neural compass; neurons were identified encoding the three Euler rotation …
A peek inside a flying bat’s brain uncovers clues to mammalian ...
Jul 8, 2021 · Neuroscientists at the University of California, Berkeley, wirelessly tracked the brain activity of Egyptian fruit bats as they flew throughout a custom flight room.
What the bat's voice tells the bat's brain - PNAS
Jun 24, 2008 · We summarize our research findings from behavioral studies of echolocating bats engaged in natural tasks and from neurophysiological studies of the bat superior colliculus and …
Bats' brains are built for navigation | MIT Technology Review
Jul 8, 2021 · A new paper released today in Science suggests that as bats fly, special neurons known as place cells—located in their hippocampus, a part of the brain that controls …
Bat Brains Organized for Echolocation and Flight
May 31, 2022 · A new study shows how the brains of Egyptian fruit bats are highly specialized for echolocation and flight, with motor areas of the cerebral cortex that are dedicated to sonar …
Bat brain signals illuminate navigation in the dark - Science News
Sep 20, 2017 · By allowing the bats to behave naturally, unencumbered by bulky equipment, scientists will discover exciting new facets of how bat brains work , says neuroscientist …
The Bat as a New Model of Cortical Development - PMC
Nov 9, 2017 · Here, we introduce the bat Carollia perspicillata as a new model species. The brain of C. perspicillata is similar in size to that of mouse but has a cortical neurogenic period at …
Peering into bats’ brains as the animals fly and feed together
Aug 30, 2023 · Equipped with both, we decided to record neural activity in the brains of Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) while they moved freely and spontaneously in a large, …
How the bat brain detects novel sounds (commentary on …
Wetekam et al. present a characterization of brain activity in fruit bats (Carollia perspicillata). The authors use auditory brainstem responses (ABRs) to investigate the correlates of deviance …
Spatially clustered neurons in the bat midbrain encode ... - Nature
3 days ago · This procedure was performed on brain sections from two experimental bats: one pilot bat (male, adult) and one bat included in this study (B3, female, adult). Statistics and …