With 140,000 neurons, 50 million synapses and over 100,000 cell label annotations, the fruit fly brain has been mapped and ...
Researchers, supported by the NIH's BRAIN Initiative, have created a comprehensive map of the fruit fly brain, identifying ...
Humans aren't the only ones who grow forgetful as they age—fruit flies do, too. But because fruit flies have a lifespan of ...
Humans and fruit flies both may become forgetful as they age. But because fruit flies have a lifespan of only about two months, they can be a useful model for understanding the cognitive decline that ...
Maxim Berg/Unsplash Key takeawaysBuildup of a protein called filamentous actin, or F-actin, in the brain inhibits the removal of cellular wastes ...
Last month, a research team led by University of New Mexico professor Mubarak Hussain Syed uncovered a link between neural ...
They focused on the fruit fly because we’ve mapped the entire genome ... the flies’ overall health extensively and even ...
Not only have researchers identified how a common cellular protein affects aging, but they’ve tweaked the genes that produce ...
Preventing F-actin buildup in aging fruit flies by altering specific genes enhanced cellular recycling, reduced waste accumulation, and extended their healthy lifespan by about 30%. Humans aren’t the ...
Disrupting F-actin in aged brains restored brain autophagy to youthful levels and reversed some cellular markers of brain ...
In the world of neuroscience, breakthroughs often come from unexpected places. One such source is the Drosophila melanogaster ...
When research on an intriguing material called for hundreds of samples, secondary-school students, teachers and technicians stepped up.