Unraveling Multisensory Integration in Navigation: A $6.5M NIH Grant Study
Researchers have received a $6.5 million grant from the NIH to study how the fruit fly's brain integrates multisensory information during navigation, particularly when there are conflicts between sensors. By leveraging the fruit fly's complex behaviors and newly mapped connectomes, the study aims to shed light on human neurological functions. The research will investigate whether the flies prioritize certain sensors over others and how these prioritizations change in different environmental conditions. Collaborating with multiple institutions, the project will utilize advanced genetic techniques and state-of-the-art facilities to explore the brain's processing of multisensory information.