Post by elmerfudd on Oct 3, 2024 14:13:30 GMT
www.yahoo.com/news/brain-fly-shed-light-human-150025053.html
BBC
Fly brain breakthrough 'huge leap' to unlock human mind
Pallab Ghosh - Science Correspondent
Wed, October 2, 2024 at 12:28 PM CDT·5 min read
They can walk, hover and the males can even sing love songs to woo mates - all this with a brain that’s tinier than a pinhead.
Now for the first time scientists researching the brain of a fly have identified the position, shape and connections of every single one of its 130,000 cells and 50 million connections.
It's the most detailed analysis of the brain of an adult animal ever produced.
One leading brain specialist independent of the new research described the breakthrough as a "huge leap" in our understanding of our own brains.
One of the research leaders said it would shed new light into “the mechanism of thought”.
Dr Gregory Jefferis, of the Medical Research Council's Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) in Cambridge told BBC News that currently we have no idea how the network of brain cells in each of our heads enables us to interact with each other and the world around us.
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see link for more, and a beautiful pic of a fly brain. maybe color enhanced, but would make a cool poster.
BBC
Fly brain breakthrough 'huge leap' to unlock human mind
Pallab Ghosh - Science Correspondent
Wed, October 2, 2024 at 12:28 PM CDT·5 min read
They can walk, hover and the males can even sing love songs to woo mates - all this with a brain that’s tinier than a pinhead.
Now for the first time scientists researching the brain of a fly have identified the position, shape and connections of every single one of its 130,000 cells and 50 million connections.
It's the most detailed analysis of the brain of an adult animal ever produced.
One leading brain specialist independent of the new research described the breakthrough as a "huge leap" in our understanding of our own brains.
One of the research leaders said it would shed new light into “the mechanism of thought”.
Dr Gregory Jefferis, of the Medical Research Council's Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) in Cambridge told BBC News that currently we have no idea how the network of brain cells in each of our heads enables us to interact with each other and the world around us.
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see link for more, and a beautiful pic of a fly brain. maybe color enhanced, but would make a cool poster.
