Researchers have mapped the more than 500,000 connections in the intricate brain of a fruit fly larva. This map, they say, could help scientists figure out how learning changes the human brain, too.

In the past, researchers managed to map out a fruit fly larvae’s brain. But this is the first time we’ve seen such a detailed 3D brain map of any organism, and it is truly spectacular to behold.

The first wiring diagram of every neuron in an adult brain and the 50 million connections between them has been produced for a fruit fly.

Beyond mapping healthy brain circuits, the project may also provide a blueprint for studying neurological conditions. “If you have a broken radio and you have the circuit diagram, you’ll be in a ...

$16M NIH grant to map brain's wiring diagram. Download PDF Copy; Reviewed. Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. Sep 26 2023.

Researchers have completed the most advanced brain map to date, that of an insect, a landmark achievement in neuroscience that brings scientists closer to true understanding of the mechanism of ...

The map contains over 200,000 brain cells, half a billion synapses, and more than 5.4 kilometers of neural wiring—roughly one and a half times the length of New York City’s Central Park. Although it’s ...

Scientists mapped the 548,000 connections in the brain of a fruit fly larva, but they're far from repeating the feat with a grown fruit fly. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Feb. 9, 2023.) ...

Scientists say the map of a speck of a mouse's brain could be as transformative as the Human Genome Project. Here's what to know.

Brain mapping initiative leads to biggest grant in Salk Institute history. ... Though this would be just an image of a brain,” he said, as he showed me a coaster with a brain diagram on it.

A new brain mapping analysis (Schaper et al., 2023) published in JAMA Neurology on July 3, suggests that lesional epilepsy is linked to a subcortical brain network with roots deep below the ...

New brain-mapping tool may be the 'START' of next-generation therapeutics. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 09 / 240930160505.htm ...