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Saturday, July 21, 2018

Fruit-fly brain

3-D visualization
Fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) display a suite of complex behaviours, including courtship dances and learning1. But understanding the neural networks that drive these behaviours remains a challenge. The data from this image, published on 19 July in Cell2, resolved the insect’s brain down to individual cells — revealing some neurons that have never been seen before. This offers scientists a new tool with which to study fruit-fly behaviour and allows them to compare the insects' neural networks with that of other species.
Multicoloured EM reconstruction of Drosophila neurons in the brain by the Full Adult Fly tracing community.

This colorful web is the most complete look yet at a fruit fly’s brain cells

Scientists compiled 21 million images of the noggin of Drosophila melanogaster

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11:44AM, JULY 19, 2018

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