Neural networks identified in freshwater hydra (IMAGE)

Rice University

Neural networks identified in freshwater hydra

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Researchers at Rice University and the University of California, Davis, identified redundant neural networks in jellyfish-like, freshwater hydra by altering and then capturing them in microfluidic devices to be poked and prodded. The work is a step toward modeling how internal states and external stimuli shape the behavior of an organism with a highly dynamic neural architecture.

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Jeff Fitlow/Rice University

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