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Front Behav Neurosci July 2021 PMID 34354573

A Flying Platform to Investigate Neuronal Correlates of Navigation in the Honey Bee ().

Benjamin H Paffhausen, Julian Petrasch, Benjamin Wild, Thierry Meurers, Tobias Schülke, Johannes Polster, Inga Fuchs, Helmut Drexler, Oleksandra Kuriatnyk, Randolf Menzel, Tim Landgraf

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Discussions express strong enthusiasm for the novel use of quadcopters to record neural activity in honey bees, with comments like 'This paper is wild' and 'Insanely perseverant authors,' which reflect admiration for the technical achievement. The tone and choice of words convey excitement about the potential for new insights into insect navigation and neural mechanisms, emphasizing both the innovation and the broader scientific impact.

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Most discussions support the innovative approach and findings, highlighting excitement about the methods and results.

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Posts show high curiosity, with many mentioning the novel use of flying platforms and neural recordings in bees.

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Abstract in brief

  • The study introduces a new method using a miniaturized electrophysiology system mounted on a copter to record brain activity in honey bees during natural navigation, capturing real sensory experiences.
  • The researchers focus on recording from mushroom body extrinsic neurons (MBENs) and find that their activity is associated with sharp turns, likely related to visual motion cues.
  • This innovative approach advances the understanding of neural mechanisms underlying insect navigation in natural environments and aims to bridge the gap between laboratory and field studies.
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Marcel Sayre
@MarcelSayre · X

This paper is wild. Neural recordings from a honeybee attached to quadcopter https://t.co/sQ41BoqqPH

Jul 27, 2021 · 38 likes · 13 shares · 229 followers View post →
Annika Reads
@papersofnote · X

BEES on QUADCOPTERS?! Obviously I'm gonna read that. Shoutout to the insanely perseverant authors for implementing an insanely challenging technique with a 5% success rate to record neural activity in bees mounted to quadcopters. https://t.co/ELC8JE3FqT

Jul 28, 2021 · 11 likes · 5 shares · 1,063 followers View post →
Frontiers - Neuroscience
@FrontNeurosci · X

New Research: A Flying Platform to Investigate Neuronal Correlates of Navigation in the Honey Bee (Apis mellifera): Navigating animals combine multiple perceptual faculties, learn during exploration, retrieve multi-facetted memory contents,… https://t.co/EYQBUbe6JU #neuroscience

Aug 1, 2021 · 6 likes · 1 share · 81,286 followers View post →
Tim Landgraf
@tlandgraf · X

Our results just appeared in a @Frontiers research topic on “Modern Methods in Neuroethology”. We share everything (code, schematics, data) with the community hoping this stimulates more labs to solve that mystery! https://t.co/pLXSzCzcOX

Jul 23, 2021 · 6 likes · 3 shares · 1,075 followers View post →
Tim Landgraf
@tlandgraf · X

It could be that bees store visual snapshots that guide them to their goal, or that they identify landmarks and embed them in some kind of mental map. https://t.co/ezNVB1NPED

Jul 23, 2021 · 2 likes · 1 share · 1,075 followers View post →
Tim Landgraf
@tlandgraf · X

Finding neurons that “mean” something in the real world often translates into presenting stimuli, recording from the brain simultaneously and then trying to discover which cue triggers activity. https://t.co/YukZMJBZQr

Jul 23, 2021 · 2 likes · 1 share · 1,075 followers View post →

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RT @EurekaMag: A Flying Platform to Investigate Neuronal Correlates of Navigation in the Honey Bee ( Apis mellifera ) https://t.co/lQAZbhrh…

May 15, 2022 · 2 shares · 5,187 followers View post →
Science Alerts
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RT @EurekaMag: A Flying Platform to Investigate Neuronal Correlates of Navigation in the Honey Bee ( Apis mellifera ) https://t.co/lQAZbhrh…

May 15, 2022 · 2 shares · 1,214 followers View post →
EurekaMag
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A Flying Platform to Investigate Neuronal Correlates of Navigation in the Honey Bee ( Apis mellifera ) https://t.co/lQAZbhrh0g

May 15, 2022 · 2 shares · 6,547 followers View post →
CollectiveLabs
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RT @tlandgraf: Our results just appeared in a @Frontiers research topic on “Modern Methods in Neuroethology”. We share everything (code, sc…

Sep 20, 2021 · 3 shares · 1,277 followers View post →
maz
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@katzkagaya すいません、たしかセミナか学会で見たと思ったんですがその記録が出てこず… これがそうだったかもしれません： https://t.co/FqY0GthJYj あと関連しそうなもの https://t.co/eOCrIi4vZJ なんかもっとたくさんあった気がしたんですが…

Sep 5, 2021 · 1 like · 2,416 followers View post →
Steve Leggett
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https://t.co/Pc2F6lMA6I

Aug 2, 2021 · 465 followers View post →
Ram Fernando
@RamFernando1 · X

RT @FrontNeurosci: New Research: A Flying Platform to Investigate Neuronal Correlates of Navigation in the Honey Bee (Apis mellifera): Navi…

Aug 1, 2021 · 1 share · 901 followers View post →
Frontiers - Neuroscience
@FrontNeurosci · X

New Research: A Flying Platform to Investigate Neuronal Correlates of Navigation in the Honey Bee (Apis mellifera): Navigating animals combine multiple perceptual faculties, learn during exploration, retrieve multi-facetted memory contents,… https://t.co/EYQBUbe6JU #neuroscience

Aug 1, 2021 · 6 likes · 1 share · 81,286 followers View post →
Jeremy Delahanty
@science_is_hard · X

RT @papersofnote: BEES on QUADCOPTERS?! Obviously I'm gonna read that. Shoutout to the insanely perseverant authors for implementing an ins…

Jul 29, 2021 · 5 shares · 686 followers View post →
AKA NickleDave
@nicholdav · X

RT @papersofnote: BEES on QUADCOPTERS?! Obviously I'm gonna read that. Shoutout to the insanely perseverant authors for implementing an ins…

Jul 29, 2021 · 5 shares · 2,340 followers View post →
Adam J Calhoun
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RT @papersofnote: BEES on QUADCOPTERS?! Obviously I'm gonna read that. Shoutout to the insanely perseverant authors for implementing an ins…

Jul 29, 2021 · 5 shares · 18,056 followers View post →
Shaked Palgi
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RT @papersofnote: BEES on QUADCOPTERS?! Obviously I'm gonna read that. Shoutout to the insanely perseverant authors for implementing an ins…

Jul 29, 2021 · 5 shares · 387 followers View post →
Dr. Alice Chou
@overbrainbows · X

RT @MarcelSayre: This paper is wild. Neural recordings from a honeybee attached to quadcopter https://t.co/sQ41BoqqPH

Jul 29, 2021 · 13 shares · 703 followers View post →
Balint Z. Kacsoh
@BalintZKacsoh · X

This is such a cool bee paper. Look at the apparatus they built! A Flying Platform to Investigate Neuronal Correlates of Navigation in the Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) https://t.co/becAxXzYem https://t.co/pbEDxo8Dhb

Jul 29, 2021 · 3,223 followers View post →
Kathy Keatley Garvey
@keatleygarvey · X

RT @MarcelSayre: This paper is wild. Neural recordings from a honeybee attached to quadcopter https://t.co/sQ41BoqqPH

Jul 28, 2021 · 13 shares · 3,445 followers View post →
Annika Reads
@papersofnote · X

BEES on QUADCOPTERS?! Obviously I'm gonna read that. Shoutout to the insanely perseverant authors for implementing an insanely challenging technique with a 5% success rate to record neural activity in bees mounted to quadcopters. https://t.co/ELC8JE3FqT

Jul 28, 2021 · 11 likes · 5 shares · 1,063 followers View post →
Dígame Rañiñelwe
@juanseapi · X

RT @MarcelSayre: This paper is wild. Neural recordings from a honeybee attached to quadcopter https://t.co/sQ41BoqqPH

Jul 28, 2021 · 13 shares · 3,337 followers View post →
Dr. Emily Jane Dennis
@emilyjanedennis · X

RT @MarcelSayre: This paper is wild. Neural recordings from a honeybee attached to quadcopter https://t.co/sQ41BoqqPH

Jul 28, 2021 · 13 shares · 1,857 followers View post →
Ryan Maloney
@rtmaloney · X

RT @MarcelSayre: This paper is wild. Neural recordings from a honeybee attached to quadcopter https://t.co/sQ41BoqqPH

Jul 28, 2021 · 13 shares · 76 followers View post →
Radha Raghuraman
@radharagu · X

RT @MarcelSayre: This paper is wild. Neural recordings from a honeybee attached to quadcopter https://t.co/sQ41BoqqPH

Jul 28, 2021 · 13 shares · 436 followers View post →
Jamie Knight
@neworderofjamie · X

RT @MarcelSayre: This paper is wild. Neural recordings from a honeybee attached to quadcopter https://t.co/sQ41BoqqPH

Jul 28, 2021 · 13 shares · 296 followers View post →
Sergio Rossoni - rossonisergio.bsky.social
@rossoni_sergio · X

RT @MarcelSayre: This paper is wild. Neural recordings from a honeybee attached to quadcopter https://t.co/sQ41BoqqPH

Jul 28, 2021 · 13 shares · 357 followers View post →
Mihai Bujanca
@mihaibujanca · X

RT @MarcelSayre: This paper is wild. Neural recordings from a honeybee attached to quadcopter https://t.co/sQ41BoqqPH

Jul 28, 2021 · 13 shares · 270 followers View post →
Madison Sneve
@MadisonSneve · X

RT @MarcelSayre: This paper is wild. Neural recordings from a honeybee attached to quadcopter https://t.co/sQ41BoqqPH

Jul 28, 2021 · 13 shares · 56 followers View post →
CT Hsu
@caffeinatedcee · X

RT @MarcelSayre: This paper is wild. Neural recordings from a honeybee attached to quadcopter https://t.co/sQ41BoqqPH

Jul 27, 2021 · 13 shares · 293 followers View post →
Marcel Sayre
@MarcelSayre · X

This paper is wild. Neural recordings from a honeybee attached to quadcopter https://t.co/sQ41BoqqPH

Jul 27, 2021 · 38 likes · 13 shares · 229 followers View post →
arumoy chatterjee
@Arumoy89 · X

RT @tlandgraf: Finding neurons that “mean” something in the real world often translates into presenting stimuli, recording from the brain s…

Jul 23, 2021 · 1 share · 117 followers View post →
arumoy chatterjee
@Arumoy89 · X

RT @tlandgraf: It could be that bees store visual snapshots that guide them to their goal, or that they identify landmarks and embed them i…

Jul 23, 2021 · 1 share · 117 followers View post →
arumoy chatterjee
@Arumoy89 · X

RT @tlandgraf: Our results just appeared in a @Frontiers research topic on “Modern Methods in Neuroethology”. We share everything (code, sc…

Jul 23, 2021 · 3 shares · 117 followers View post →
Orit Peleg
@oritpeleg · X

RT @tlandgraf: Our results just appeared in a @Frontiers research topic on “Modern Methods in Neuroethology”. We share everything (code, sc…

Jul 23, 2021 · 3 shares · 3,794 followers View post →
Tim Landgraf
@tlandgraf · X

Our results just appeared in a @Frontiers research topic on “Modern Methods in Neuroethology”. We share everything (code, schematics, data) with the community hoping this stimulates more labs to solve that mystery! https://t.co/pLXSzCzcOX

Jul 23, 2021 · 6 likes · 3 shares · 1,075 followers View post →
Tim Landgraf
@tlandgraf · X

Finding neurons that “mean” something in the real world often translates into presenting stimuli, recording from the brain simultaneously and then trying to discover which cue triggers activity. https://t.co/YukZMJBZQr

Jul 23, 2021 · 2 likes · 1 share · 1,075 followers View post →
Tim Landgraf
@tlandgraf · X

It could be that bees store visual snapshots that guide them to their goal, or that they identify landmarks and embed them in some kind of mental map. https://t.co/ezNVB1NPED

Jul 23, 2021 · 2 likes · 1 share · 1,075 followers View post →
Tim Landgraf
@tlandgraf · X

(wanna save time? go directly to the paper here: https://t.co/pLXSzCzcOX)

Jul 23, 2021 · 1 like · 1,075 followers View post →