Mysteries of the Brain: Evolving Brain

  • Published9 Jul 2015
  • Reviewed9 Jul 2015
  • Source National Science Foundation

Using amazing new technologies, evolutionary neuroscientist Melina Hale and her graduate students at the University of Chicago are discovering that the basic movements in one tiny fish can teach us big ideas about how the brain's circuitry works.

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