How fruit flies achieve accurate visual behavior despite changing light conditions
When light conditions rapidly change, our eyes have to respond to this change in fractions of a second to maintain stable ...
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Invisible anatomy in the fruit fly uterus: New discoveries could have implications for fertility and pest control
You have likely not spent much time thinking about the uterus of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. But then, neither ...
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‘A plague to be reckoned with’: UMN research creates a buzz with invasive fruit fly research
In the Gortner Laboratory on the St. Paul campus, University of Minnesota graduate student Nate Feltman examines a fruit fly under a microscope. About three millimeters in diameter, the spotted wing ...
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Complete map of fly brain provides a fruitful resource for neuroscientists
With 140,000 neurons, 50 million synapses and over 100,000 cell label annotations, the fruit fly brain has been mapped and ...
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Flying into the unknown: How fruit flies illuminate brain function
In the world of neuroscience, breakthroughs often come from unexpected places. One such source is the Drosophila melanogaster ...
'Wing spreading' adaptation in fruit flies offers insights into female courtship behavior
In the game of evolution, key behavioral adaptations that confer fitness in survival and reproduction, paying tremendous ...
Abortion Drug Mifepristone Might Have Unexpected Health Benefits, Study Suggests
New research on flies suggests that mifepristone may extend lifespan by enhancing cells' ability to clear out damaged ...
Revolutionizing Neuroscience: Full Connectome of Fruit Fly Brain Revealed
Researchers, supported by the NIH's BRAIN Initiative, have created a comprehensive map of the fruit fly brain, identifying ...
Neuroscientists investigate developmental and genetic factors affecting sleep behavior
Mubarak Hussain Syed, an assistant professor of Biology at The University of New Mexico, along with a team of UNM students ...
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Brain Aging Reversed in Fruit Flies by Suppressing F-Actin, Restoring Autophagy
Humans and fruit flies both may become forgetful as they age. But because fruit flies have a lifespan of only about two months, they can be a useful model for understanding the cognitive decline that ...
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A neural breakthrough: Inside the complete map of the fruit fly brain
In a groundbreaking achievement, Princeton University scientists have fully mapped the brain of an adult fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, unlocking new insights into how brains work.