Fruit fly connectome completed after 20-year effort, mapping all 124 million neural contact points
CurieuxExplorer · x · 2026-09-05
Scientists have completed a full 'connectome' of the fruit fly's nervous system, mapping all 124 million contact points and capping a roughly 20-year project to chart an insect's entire nervous system and understand how it works. The companion studies mark a neuroscience milestone with implications for understanding neural computation.
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