Scientists have completed the most detailed map ever made of an adult animal brain by charting every cell and connection in a ...

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) researchers are unraveling the secrets of the fruit fly brain to advance robotics. A team from the institution's Neuroengineering Laboratory have used ...

Brains are an amazingly complicated organ and they have evolved to allow all sorts of animals to perform many different tasks ...

New work in fruit flies uncovers an electrical trick that allows neurons to compute direction efficiently by juggling multiple signaling mechanisms. These findings could reframe our understanding of ...

A little brain that does a lot Adult fruit flies have intrigued brain scientists for decades because the animals' small brains are capable of complex behaviors, like flying, fighting, and even ...

A male fruit fly in a laboratory chamber extends his wings and vibrates them to produce his species' version of a love song.

Our brain's reward system processes and reinforces pleasurable experiences, motivating us to seek out and engage in rewarding activities ranging from eating to social interactions to recreational drug ...

The feat, as detailed in a study published in the journal Nature Medicine, was achieved by mapping virtual inputs to signals sent by a region of the brain that controls the fingers, the left ...