Using fruit flies, University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have developed a new model for investigating the genetic ...
Researchers led by Hokto Kazama at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) in Japan have discovered how animals sense ...
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) researchers are unraveling the secrets of the fruit fly brain to advance robotics. A team from the institution's Neuroengineering Laboratory have used ...
HSINCHU, Taiwan, Aug. 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Director of the Brain Research Center at National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) in Taiwan, Ann-Shyn Chiang (江安世), Professor of the Institute for ...
When a fruit fly is navigating straight forward at high speed, why does it know that it’s not straying off course? Because as long as the fly moves directly forward, the visual scene shifts from front ...
Could the secret to a longer, healthier life be hidden inside the brain of a fruit fly? Researchers at National Taiwan ...
For the first time, researchers at Leipzig University and other institutions have gained comprehensive insights into the entire nervous system of the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster). The findings ...
A fungal infection has been shown to trigger a fruit fly's own immune system to destroy brain cells leading to signs of neurodegeneration, a new study has found. A fungal infection has been shown to ...
Our internal states, such as hunger or thirst, influence much more than just our desire to eat or drink. They can alter our ...
One in ten people will have at least one seizure in their life, but effective treatments for seizures remain very limited, in part due to incomplete understanding of the brain mechanisms involved. Now ...