Summary
- Scientists have mapped the entire brain of an adult fruit fly, revealing over 50 million connections between 139,000 neurons.
- The research provides insights into how brains are wired and functions, with potential implications for understanding brains across different species.
- Fruit flies are important model systems for neuroscience as they exhibit sophisticated behaviors like walking, flying, learning, memory, navigation, feeding, and social interactions.
- The work was conducted by the FlyWire Consortium through a series of studies published in the journal Nature.