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Study on Brain Navigation Reveals Function of an Unconventional Electrical-Signaling Mode in Neurons

To navigate, the brain must convert changing sensations into a map-like sense of the world, which remains stable as the body moves. A new study finds that the fly brain sometimes performs the underlying navigational math using a previously unrecognized electrical trick: individual neurons switch between two signaling modes to indicate opposite directions in the world.

January 22, 2026


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