Multisensory integration in Drosophila

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Issue		BIO Web Conf. Volume 166, 2025 2025 International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Medical Devices (ICBEMD 2025)


Article Number		01005
Number of page(s)		7
Section		Neuroscience and Frontier Technology in Medicine
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/202516601005
Published online		10 March 2025

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