Image of the Day: Bat Brains
Bat sensory neurons respond to touch and airflow signals to help control the animals’ wing position for efficient flying.
?COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, KARA MARSHALL
(See “Somatosensory substrates of flight control in bats,” Cell Reports, 2015.)
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