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CAREER: Neural cell type and circuit evolution in the insect visual system — NSF Award to University of California-San Diego (CA,

The complexity of the brain resides on the number and types of neurons, and ways they connect with each other and with other tissues. Understanding how diverse brain complexity across different species relates to animal behavior is a fundamental goal in neuroscience. This project will use a comparative approach to expl

Award titleCAREER: Neural cell type and circuit evolution in the insect visual system
Award ID2339031
AwardeeUniversity of California-San Diego
CityLA JOLLA
StateCA
Amount obligated$700,000
Principal investigatorMichael Perry
ProgramOrganization
Start date09/01/2024
AbstractThe complexity of the brain resides on the number and types of neurons, and ways they connect with each other and with other tissues. Understanding how diverse brain complexity across different species relates to animal behavior is a fundamental goal in neuroscience. This project will use a comparative approach to explore neural differences across insect species. The team will take advantage of the relatively simple insect visual system as a model for understanding neural cell type evolution and
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