Shown are the three main neuron types in the lateral horn of the vinegar fly Drosophila melanogaster: inhibitory projection neurons (green) respond to attractive odors; third-order neurons of the ...

More than 40 Drosophila ... neuron in otherwise heterozygous animals. These techniques, and the ease of forward genetics screens for identifying new neurodegeneration mutants, ensure that D ...

Across species, visual regions occupy a large portion of the brain and exhibit structured neuron organization related to visual ... scientists dissected the central nervous system of a male Drosophila ...

By activating handfuls of neurons with light and analyzing videos of the resulting behaviors, the researchers systematically explored most of the 10,000 neurons in Drosophila melanogaster larvae ...