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"One Must Imagine Sisyphus Happy": Unveiling the Intimate Secrets of a Tenacious Fruitfly
Thomas Preat1, Pierre-Yves Plaçais1
1Brain Plasticity Unit, UMR 8249, CNRS, ESPCI Paris, PSL Research University, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75005 Paris, France.
Neuron
|November 8, 2019
Abstract:
Perseverance in foraging is a high-risk/high-gain strategy. In this issue of Neuron, Sayin et al. (2019) decipher the neuronal circuit that arbitrates this choice in Drosophila. The fly's remarkable tenacity illuminates the interaction between working memory and decision making.
