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By employing high-field fMRI and taking advantage of well-known global connectivity fingerprints and sensitivity to spatial and non-spatial information, it is shown that the entorhinal cortex is primarily divided into anterior and posterior subregions.

Reproductive behavior is conferred from experienced to naïve Drosophila as a behavioral social strategy allowing naïve groups to anticipate a threat from a predator.

By employing high-field fMRI to measure connectivity with the hippocampus and adjacent parahippocampal structures within the medial temporal lobe, it is shown that the entorhinal cortex can be divided into anterior-lateral and posterior-medial subregions.

Quantitative behavioral assays and modeling show that acoustic duetting in Drosophila during courtship relies on the detection of precisely timed cues via multiple sensory channels.

A chemical activator of the mechanosensitive Piezo1 ion channel has been identified.

In red blood cells, the Piezo1 protein is responsible for sensing mechanical forces and volume regulation.

A computational model for the formation of neural networks of grid cells in virtual bats suggests that the highly ordered networks presumed to support spatial navigation in two dimensions cannot be routinely established in three-dimensional space.

Mathematical analysis confirms that hexagonal patterns of neuronal activity are the most efficient means for the brain to represent 2D space, and predicts that activity patterns resembling densely packed lattices are optimal for representing 3D space.

Gene knockdown experiments in fruit fly pupae reveal the role of the signaling molecule 'dFrizzled2' in the development of a neural circuit that helps insects to fly continuously for extended periods.