Butterfly Brain

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Dr Montgomery concluded “We provide evidence that brain structure can vary in striking ways between even closely related species that live in the same habitats. A delightful and moving exploration of grief and the joy that makes us human, from the effervescent voice of Laura Dockrill, with heartwarming full-colour illustrations from Gwen Millward. Its bilateral extension often precludes surgical resection, yet response to other therapies is limited. The butterfly effect on glioblastoma: is volumetric extent of resection more effective than biopsy for these tumors? Although the tested monarch butterflies were non-migratory, they reliably maintained goal directions (Fig.

This represented the first clear imaging evidence of tumor recurrence (Figure ​ (Figure3B, 3B, center). They then investigated changes in neural circuitry by quantifying in the number of neurons in the mushroom bodies and the density of their connections, as well as sensory specialisation by tracing neural inputs from brain areas that process visual information and smell before sending it to the central brain. U = 1113) for putative GD (blue, n = 58) and compass (green, n = 55) neurons (two-sided Mann–Whitney U test). g Pfds of steering (magenta), GD (blue), and HD neurons (green) relative to the butterflies’ goal direction (0°).

Based on the influence of compass perturbations on the neural tuning, we classified the neurons into two types: (i) compass neurons whose angular tuning was linked to the butterflies’ heading direction, such as HD and steering neurons, and (ii) putative GD neurons whose angular tuning was not affected by compass perturbations. Butterfly Brain is a poetic, imaginative and sensitive exploration of our innermost thoughts and emotions told in an original and fresh style accompanied by beautiful illustrations that support and add to the story.

This would be great to use in the classroom when talking about grief, giving the children the opportunity to discuss and empathise with others that may have gone through this. Through this synthesis of data types, we provide a clear example of a novel foraging behaviour coinciding with adaptations in the brain and associated cognitive shifts. In addition to his blood and gore now spread across the classroom floor out of the crack, Gus also lets loose his memories, dreams and imagination and a beautiful little butterfly guide. She was named one of the top ten literary talents by The Times and one of the top twenty hot faces to watch by ELLE magazine.In addition, findings in cockroaches and fruit flies have shown that the central complex houses pre-motor neurons that transmit commands to descending pathways for controlling the steering direction 42, 43, 44. However, to what extent the activity of these neurons dictates the fly’s goal direction remains unclear, so far 43, 47.

Moreover, our data show that we successfully shifted the polarity of the butterflies’ compass through sun displacements (compass perturbation), without affecting the goal direction. There was an indication of intraventricular extension with subependymal enhancement and transependymal flow along the trigone and occipital horns of the lateral ventricles.I'm not very fond of its poetry, because it lacks structure a bit and I get the choice, but it just doesn't work for me. MRI scanning was abandoned and computed tomography (CT) was done to ascertain the morphology and location of the object responsible for such a strong susceptibility artefact on MRI. Ross Welford introduces Time Travelling with a Tortoise, the sequel to Time Travelling with a Hamster, and a whole new time travel adventure!