A tiny brain for immense discoveries ... used the fruit fly to create an unprecedented "connectome." Why a fly? Its modest size makes analyses easier while still offering complex behaviors ...

One significant advancement in the field is the mapping of the connectome of the Drosophila larval brain, which includes over 3,000 neurons and 548,000 synapses. This detailed mapping has revealed ...

a “connectome” — through the brain of an adult fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster). This image is a video still showing the brain inside an adult fruit fly. The full video is available by ...

Scientists map the circadian rhythm-regulating neurons and elucidate their roles in regulating behaviors in Drosophila The circadian ... clock located in the brain regulates several peripheral ...

2003 ). For example, when expressed in the Drosophila brain, Tau protein—which forms neurofibrillary tangle pathology in AD—causes adult onset, progressive neurodegeneration, truncated lifespan and ...

The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster was one of the first animal ... In addition, researchers are reconstructing the complete ‘connectome’ of the fruit fly brain - that is, mapping out all the ...