AI Helps Map the Entire Adult Fruit Fly Brain: 166,000+ Neurons Traced
Dr_Singularity · x · 2026-09-04
Google Research, HHMI Janelia and collaborators used AI to reconstruct the first complete connectome of an adult male fruit fly's brain and central nervous system, tracing 166,000+ neurons across nearly 11,700 cell types.
A major leap for connectomics and for understanding how neural circuits turn sensory input into behavior. The author notes the irony that some people still want to slow this technology down.
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