Second complete map of a fruit fly brain completed

Making a connection Second complete map of a fruit fly brain completed Every neuron and connection in the brain of a fly has been mapped—twice.

5 Credit: Philip Hubbard/HHMI Janelia Credit: Philip Hubbard/HHMI Janelia Text settings Story text Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only Learn more Minimize to nav On Friday, researchers announced the completion of a map of every neuron in the brain of a male fruit fly. The “connectome” provides a tool that can accelerate neurobiology research. But it also provides an opportunity to do some science on its own, as the connectome of a female Drosophila had been completed earlier this year . The work also provided the team behind it the opportunity to refine tools that are likely to be applied to ever-more complex nervous systems, including (potentially) those of vertebrates.