Exposure to B. bassiana fungus activated Toll receptors, leading to cell death throughout the fly brain. A new study published in PLOS Biology reveals that a fungal infection can activate a fruit ...

A groundbreaking brain implant has allowed a paralyzed man to control a virtual drone and fly it through an obstacle ... or maybe even control a real drone — in the near future.

Fluorescent microscope image of a fruit fly brain. The central green shapes include regions of the brain that the study identified as being involved in alcohol-induced insomnia. Alcohol use ...

The neurons are in a region of the fly brain which is involved in learning and memory. It functions in many ways like the human hippocampus, where acetylcholine signaling also plays a major role.

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The new study, published in Cell, explains how the fruit fly brain coordinates courtship and aggressive competition -- a framework which could ultimately help scientists understand how humans ...

Reducing acetylcholine signaling within this small set of brain cells again made flies more sensitive to low doses of alcohol, taking longer to fall asleep and waking up more often. The neurons are in ...