For the first time, scientists have mapped every neuron in the brain of an adult fruit fly with incredible detail. This breakthrough, achieved by a massive international team, provides valuable insights into brain structure and function.
about for more than half a century. At last, a massive international team of researchers has mapped in exquisite detail every neuron in the brain of an adult animal with eyes and legs.
This might seem like a small victory compared to a human brain, which contains 80 billion neurons and 100 trillion connections, but it's a huge leap from where neuroscientists started in the 1960s.a 3D diagram of the adult fly 'hemibrainthe wiring of animal brains roughly half a century ago, and these initial attempts were focused on a very simple creature: the sightless and legless worm,An adult fruit fly is the next big step.
The map required more than 7,000 slices of a female fruit fly brain and 21 million images, which could have filled 100 typical laptops with their data.The results are now compiled in no less than 9 related papers, with overlapping groups of authors.
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