Connectome: The 3013 neurons in the brain of a fly larva have been mapped in full
A whole map of the neurons contained in the mind of a fruit fly larva is the biggest instance of a whole-brain “connectome”, and is a stepping stone to describing the brains of extra advanced animals, together with mice and people
Life
2 December 2022
The fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) is a typical laboratory animal
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The connections throughout the mind of a child fly have been mapped in full, creating the biggest whole-brain “connectome” described so far. It ought to enable researchers to grasp how indicators journey by a fly’s mind, how completely different areas of the mind work together and finally how particular behaviours are generated on the neural degree.
“All neurons of the mind are reconstructed and all of the connections have been analysed,” says Gáspár Jékely on the College of Exeter in …
