A5045391701- Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
- Neural dynamics and brain function
- Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Molecular Communication and Nanonetworks
- Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
- Retinal Development and Disorders
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
Weizmann Institute of Science
2021-2025
Social animals live in groups and interact volitionally complex ways. However, little is known about neural responses under such natural conditions. Here, we investigated hippocampal CA1 neurons a mixed-sex group of five to 10 freely behaving wild Egyptian fruit bats that lived continuously laboratory-based cave formed stable social network. In-flight, most place cells were socially modulated represented the identity sex conspecifics. Upon interactions, specific interaction types. During...
Throughout their daily lives, animals and humans often switch between different behaviours. However, neuroscience research typically studies the brain while animal is performing one behavioural task at a time, little known about how circuits represent switches Here we tested this question using an ethological setting: two bats flew together in long 135 m tunnel, switched navigation when flying alone (solo) collision avoidance as they past each other (cross-over). Bats increased echolocation...
Abstract Information is carried between brain regions through neurotransmitter release from axonal presynaptic terminals. Understanding the functional roles of defined neuronal projection pathways in cognitive and behavioral processes requires temporally precise manipulation their activity vivo . However, existing optogenetic tools have low efficacy off-target effects when applied to terminals, while chemogenetic are difficult control space time. Here, we show that a targeting-enhanced...