Researchers completed a full connectome map of a male fruit fly brain, joining an earlier female map from this year. The interdisciplinary collaboration between HHMI Janelia Research Campus biologists and Google computer scientists demonstrates how combined expertise accelerates neuroscience research. This connectome provides neurobiologists with a valuable tool for understanding neural communication patterns.
Background
A connectome is a comprehensive map of all neural connections in a brain. The fruit fly Drosophila has served as a model organism in neuroscience for decades due to its relatively simple nervous system of approximately 100,000 neurons.
- Source
- Ars Technica
- Published
- Sep 5, 2026 at 12:24 AM
- Score
- 6.0 / 10