Not so bird-brained: 3D X-rays piece together the evolution of flight from fossils Date: January 3, 2011 Source: University of Abertay Dundee Summary: Three-dimensional X-ray scanning equipment is ...

The flocculus integrates signals from the balance organs, joints, muscles and skin. It sends on neural signals that produce small, automatic movements in the eye muscles to keep the image on an ...

That oversize flocculus may have collected sensory information from nerve fibers along the creature’s wings, Witmer says. He speculates that the flocculus worked in concert with the semicircular ...

“We believe that the control mechanism of HOKR suggested by our analysis of the flocculus–vestibular system applies to cerebellar control in general.” This study could also provide parallel insights ...