Tiny Fly Brain, Big Clues About Behavior
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Researchers mapped 124 million neural connections in a male fruit fly and compared them with females, finding about 5% wiring differences that drive aggression, courtship, and love-song circuits. While 95% of cells are shared, the wiring differences illuminate how genes shape brain wiring to influence behavior, with potential implications for human conditions such as autism and schizophrenia and possible inspirations for AI design.
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- 5 amazing visuals show how the male fruit fly’s brain map is advancing neuroscience blog.google
- The blueprint for taste: Scientists map the neural circuitry behind feeding decisions in fruit flies Medical Xpress
- Completing the connectome: How pursuing a map of the fly brain rewired neuroscience Phys.org
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