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 normal laboratory animal Leon Photography/Moment RF/Getty Images
The connections inside the mind of a child fly have been mapped in full, creating the biggest whole-brain “connectome” described thus far. It ought to permit researchers to grasp how indicators journey by means of 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 brain are reconstructed and all the connections have been analysed,” says Gáspár Jékely of the University of Exeter in …