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.

Over the last 10 years, more than 600 scientists at 150 labs have collaborated toward one goal: to map the entire brain of a ...

New research shows a single neuron in fruit flies can trigger two distinct behaviors in response to the same smell.

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.

Researchers at Chiba University found that genetic diversity among fruit flies enhances group fear responses, improving ...

Stores of glucose in the brain could play a much more significant role in the pathological degeneration of neurons than ...

While Alzheimer’s disease is widely known as a brain disorder, new research reveals it also affects other parts of the body.

Fruit flies can fly or walk forward at high speeds in a perfect straight line. That’s because, at every moment, a network of neurons in their brain detects even the slightest deviation from ...

FlyBase, the world's only fruit fly database, is in the crosshairs of Trump's attack on Harvard. Here's why it could matter ...

Research uncovered how glycogen metabolism in neurons impacts neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's. Disruption in this ...