Neural Representations of Learned Quantitative Information in Drosophila Melanogaster

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The area I wish to focus on is the neurophysiology of memory and related diseases.In particular, I am interested in two fundamental questions. Firstly, the physicalstructures in the brain which underlie memory, and secondly the way in whichinformation is encoded by these structures.In order to research these questions, I hope to focus on the molecular biologicalprocesses involved in memory. Though great progress has been made inunderstanding memory since the concept of synaptic plasticity was first formulatedby Donald Hebb in 1949, including advances such as the discovery of long-term potentiation, a fuller understanding of how neuronal networks generate behaviourhas remained elusive.