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.

Scientists have advanced their NeuroMechFly model, simulating fruit fly movement in the real world. With integrated vision and smell, NeuroMechFly v2 helps us understand brain-body coordination ...

A fruit fly’s brain is smaller than a poppy seed, but it packs tremendous complexity into that tiny space. Over 140,000 neurons are joined together by more than 490 feet of wiring, as long as ...

UC Santa Barbara 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.

An international team of researchers and gamers, led by Princeton’s Mala Murthy and Sebastian Seung, mapped every neuron and every synaptic connection in an adult fruit fly's brain, building a ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Over the last 10 years, more than 600 scientists at 150 labs have collaborated toward one goal: to ...

This map, called a connectome in neuroscience, includes the fly’s brain lobes and its nerve cord. Despite their small size, fruit flies, and their larva, have extremely complex brains.

In both studies, the researchers found that PFL3 neurons are involved in steering the fly’s body when it deviates from its intended path. When the fly went left of its goal, for instance, PFL3 cells ...

The fruit fly's brain contains around 130,000 neurons (a human's brain contains 86 billion; mice, which often stand-in for humans in scientific research and testing, have 100 million neurons).

A virtual version of a fruit fly's visual system could help scientists understand how brain networks process information. The model could also lead to more efficient AI systems.

Anil Oza is STAT’s 2024-2025 Sharon Begley Science Reporting Fellow. You can reach Anil on Signal at aniloza.16. Mapping the brain is a daunting task because it contains a huge number of cells ...

Previously, there were no cell types from the fly uterus identified with genetic markers. The new study reveals more than 20 different cell types in the uterus and associated organs. “The most ...