A tiny brain for immense discoveries. The fruit fly, this simple vinegar fly, holds within it the secrets of neural connections. Could understanding its brain pave the way for insights into human ...

2003 ). For example, when expressed in the Drosophila brain, Tau protein—which forms neurofibrillary tangle pathology in AD—causes adult onset, progressive neurodegeneration, truncated lifespan and ...

Fluorescent microscope image of a fruit fly brain. The central green shapes include regions ... 6 in Current Biology as “Alcohol induces long-lasting sleep deficits in Drosophila via subsets of ...