A big advance in mapping the structure of the brain

Researchers published the first complete map of the brain of a fruit fly-larva, charting the locations of a brain’s neurons and synapses. The structures of these circuits influence the kinds of computations a brain can do.

March 11, 2023 . 3:37 PM

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Researchers published the first complete map of the brain of a fruit fly-larva.
The map charts the locations of a brain’s neurons as well as the synapses, the junctions where the brain cells pass information between each other.
The structures of these circuits influence the kinds of computations a brain can do.
The production of connectomes has been limited to those of simpler organisms until now.
The latest work marks the culmination of over a decade’s worth of effort.
The connectome of the fruit-fly larva has already provided insights.