In a major milestone for neuroscience, researchers have mapped the entire wiring of a fruit fly’s brain—marking the first time we’ve charted every neuron and its connections in an adult animal.

This image shows the complete fruit fly connectome ... and professional tracers painstakingly mapped out the locations and connections of every brain cell, using 21 million images.

A 'roadmap' of the fruit fly brain Researchers gain important new insights into the insect's nervous system Date: May 7, 2025 Source: Universität Leipzig Summary: Researchers have gained ...

Fruit flies can fly or walk forward at high speeds in a perfect straight line. That’s because, at every moment, a network of neurons in their brain detects even the slightest deviation from their path ...

For the first time, researchers at Leipzig University and other institutions have gained comprehensive insights into the entire nervous system of the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster).

In the fruit fly, these motor functions are controlled ... First, they used reagents targeting the wing motor neurons and mapped the manipulation of individual motor neurons to specific flight ...

Now, research in fruit flies has uncovered a role for two specific brain proteins that are necessary during brain development to prevent seizures. The two proteins, Imp and Sdc, are found in the ...

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) researchers are unraveling the secrets of the fruit fly brain to advance robotics. A team from the institution's Neuroengineering Laboratory have used ...

“At present, there are only a few electron microscopy data sets of the fruit fly’s connectome. None of them has so far included the entire central nervous system – that is, both the brain ...