Electrical synapses in the neural network of insects found to have unexpected role in controlling flight power

ScienceDaily
Jun 6, 2023, 3:16 pm86 pts
A team of experimental neurobiologists and theoretical biologists has managed to solve a mystery that has been baffling scientists for decades. They have been able to determine the nature of the electrical activity in the nervous system of insects that controls their flight. They report on a previously unknown…

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