A tiny brain for immense discoveries. The fruit fly, this simple vinegar fly, holds within it the secrets of neural ...
Researchers, supported by the NIH's BRAIN Initiative, have created a comprehensive map of the fruit fly brain, identifying ...
In a groundbreaking achievement, Princeton University scientists have fully mapped the brain of an adult fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, unlocking new insights into how brains work.
The first full map of an adult fruit fly’s brain shows 50 million connections between neurons. Researchers are using the map to learn how all... From fruit fly to this guy: a map of one tiny ...
At the start of October, scientists completed accurately mapping the entire brain of a fruit fly, along with releasing ...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Over the last 10 years, more than 600 scientists at 150 labs have collaborated toward one goal: to map the entire brain of a fruit fly all in the hope of better ...
In the world of neuroscience, breakthroughs often come from unexpected places. One such source is the Drosophila melanogaster ...
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 ...
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 ...
Humans aren’t the only ones who grow forgetful as they age — fruit flies do, too. But because fruit flies have a lifespan of ...