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Scientists have found 50 million reasons to study the brain of a fruit fly. That's how many connections they discovered in the first complete map— known as a connectome—of an adult insect's brain.
A fruit fly brain is "small and energy efficient," says Jakob Macke, a professor at the University of Tübingen and an author of the study. "It's able to do so many computations.
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 ...
Oct. 7, 2024 — Neuroscientists have reconstructed the entire anterior visual pathway of a fruit fly, a complex series of connections between the insect's eyes and the navigation center of its brain.
Scientists mapped the fruit fly brain’s more than 50 million connections, a step in aiding future human brain research. Accessibility statement Skip to main content. Democracy Dies in Darkness.
Scientists have found 50 million reasons to study the brain of a fruit fly. That's how many connections they discovered in the first complete map— known as a connectome—of an adult insect's brain.
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 brains work.
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