Researchers, supported by the NIH's BRAIN Initiative, have created a comprehensive map of the fruit fly brain, identifying ...
At the start of October, scientists completed accurately mapping the entire brain of a fruit fly, along with releasing ...
By preventing the build-up of F-actin in the brain, researchers extended the healthy lifespan of fruit flies by approximately ...
Last month, a research team led by University of New Mexico professor Mubarak Hussain Syed uncovered a link between neural ...
In the world of neuroscience, breakthroughs often come from unexpected places. One such source is the Drosophila melanogaster ...
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 ...
When research on an intriguing material called for hundreds of samples, secondary-school students, teachers and technicians stepped up.
Maxim Berg/Unsplash Key takeawaysBuildup of a protein called filamentous actin, or F-actin, in the brain inhibits the removal of cellular wastes ...
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 ...