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Scientists make incredible discovery when analyzing behavior of flies: 'The brain is already programmed'
Understanding these behaviors is imperative. Scientists make incredible discovery when analyzing behavior of flies: 'The ...
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First detailed map of fruit fly brain links to human ‘master’ clock
Researchers, led in part by University of Nevada, Reno’s Meet Zandawala, identify specific clock neurons that govern daily ...
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Mapping the brains of Fruit Flies
The brains of animals are the most complex structures on Earth. The human brain contains about eighty six billion nerve cells, or neurons, and an estimated two trillion synaptic connections, where ...
The Scientist3mon
How the Fly Brain Knows When to Release Insulin
To investigate CG8093, Usha Acharya’s team generated a fly line that expressed a green fluorescent protein-tagged version of the molecule in the gut. Using fluorescence microscopy, they tracked the ...
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Scientists can reverse brain aging in fruit flies by preventing buildup of a common protein
The researchers, led by former postdoctoral scholar Edward (Ted) Schmid in David Walker's lab, noticed F-actin buildup in the brains of aging fruit flies and wondered if it contributed to brain ...
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A Neural Circuit That Helps Flies Stay on Course
When the fly went left of its goal, for instance, PFL3 cells located on the right side of the brain fired to make the insect correct its course. The opposite was true for the PFL3 neurons on the left ...