This important study offers a molecular characterization of neurons and glia in the adult nervous system of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. The study focuses on the progeny of a specific set of ...

This important study identifies a new key factor in orchestrating the process of glial wrapping of axons in Drosophila ... dorsal midline using dissection scissors and stretched out with four needles.

Researchers, led in part by University of Nevada, Reno’s Meet Zandawala, identify specific clock neurons that govern daily ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered new insights into how neurofilaments act like Velcro in neurodegenerative ...

a brain region that is involved in weighing up the costs and benefits of decisions. Behavioural choices are also influenced by other areas of the brainstem, including the adjacent dorsal raphe ...

Chinese scientists have made a significant leap in understanding the human brain's complex structure, revealing the intrinsic link between genetic characteristics and the organization of neural ...

An international team of scientists has discovered that tiny changes in the timing of the expression of a single gene can ...

Researchers have identified a group of brain cells in mice that play a key ... for its role in appetite regulation. Located in the dorsal raphe, an area of the brainstem, these cells respond ...

Feb. 11, 2025 — Scientists have developed an innovative method for growing brain tumors of individual patients in the laboratory that mimic the original structure and the molecular property of ...

Mar. 6, 2025 — Exposure to high ambient temperatures is associated with lower connectivity in three brain networks in preadolescents, suggesting that heat may impact brain ... Clinical Trial ...

A further milestone in the scientific career of Drosophila was the awarding of the Nobel Prize ... via the way in which odours and visual stimuli are processed in the brain to ageing mechanisms. The ...