Neuroscience breakthrough: Research team has mapped the entire brain of an adult fruit fly for the first time

ScienceDaily
Oct 2, 2024, 12:31 pm152 pts
Scientists have made an enormous step toward understanding the human brain by building a neuron-by-neuron and synapse-by-synapse roadmap -- scientifically speaking, a 'connectome' -- through the brain of an adult fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster). Previous researchers have mapped the brain of a C. elegans…

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