The fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster has enabled significant ... that are required to maintain the structural integrity of the brain, defined by recessive mutations that cause adult onset ...

Howard Hughes Medical Institute-led research has produced a complete connectome of the Drosophila visual system, enabling systematic investigations into how visual information is processed and relayed ...

Researchers at EPFL's Neuroengineering Laboratory, led by Pavan Ramdya, aim to replicate the workings of the brain of the common fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. EPFL spoke with Ramdya about the ...

2003 ). For example, when expressed in the Drosophila brain, Tau protein—which forms neurofibrillary tangle pathology in AD—causes adult onset, progressive neurodegeneration, truncated lifespan and ...

The work will be of interest to Drosophila neurobiologists and particularly to those working on male social behaviors. Drosophila is one of the most well-studied model organisms for identifying ...

Our lab has also focused these past few years on various brain-neuronal aspects of Drosophila rhythms. There are seven anatomically distinct neuronal groups, comprising in total about 75 cells on each ...

A new study published in Genetics in Medicine identifies a novel disease-associated gene, GPKOW, that plays an important role ...

Male fruit flies that drink alcohol become more attractive to females, according to a new study. Adding alcohol to males' ...

The study investigates an emerging research field: the interaction between sleep and development. The authors use Drosophila larvae sleep as a study model and provide valuable insight into how ...

The brain is the part of the central nervous system ... A complete inventory of the Drosophila visual system classifies about 53,000 neurons into 732 types. The shapes and connections of all ...

The work will be of interest to Drosophila neurobiologists and particularly to those working on male social behaviors. Drosophila is one of the most well-studied model organisms for identifying ...