The study found that newborn babies have a connection between their brain activity and breathing. This connection, called cortico-respiratory coupling, is strongest when babies breathe in and might help explain why some babies stop breathing for short times. The study shows that stronger brain and breathing connections could mean fewer times a baby stops breathing.
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Drift in individual behavioral phenotype as a strategy for unpredictable worlds.
Maloney RT; Ye AQ; Saint-Pre SK; Alisch T; Zimmerman DM; Pittoors NC; de Bivort BL
The study talks about how animals, like flies, can change their behavior randomly over time, and this might help them survive when things around them change. Scientists looked at how flies walk in circles and noticed that they change directions over their lives, and this could be helpful when the environment changes. They also found that a brain chemical called serotonin can affect these changes, showing that being unpredictable might be useful for survival.
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