Philipp Schlegel: At the level of neuron-to-neuron connections, our brains and those of insects are extremely similar, which is why Drosophila is such a great model system for studying how brains ...

In much the same way, when the researchers stimulated each motor neuron, the fly's head moved towards a pose specific to that motor neuron, with the insect's head rotating one way or the other to ...

Much more than just a tiny insect, Drosophila has been key to unlocking ... through a process similar to building a city map — each neuron and synapse being carefully traced like streets or ...