In a groundbreaking achievement, Princeton University scientists have fully mapped the brain of an adult fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, unlocking new insights into how brains work. The feat marks ...

Plastic and thus modifiable neurons lose their function at old age, new research in fruit flies reveals.

As we age, we begin to lose the connections that wire up our brains-and neuroscientists aren't sure why.

While probing the escape reflex in the fruit fly Drosophila, researchers at Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz (JGU) and the ...