Princeton University scientists have mapped the brain of an adult fruit fly, making major strides to better understand the ...

A Princeton-led team of scientists has built the first neuron-by-neuron and synapse-by-synapse roadmap through the brain of ...

The human brain’s remarkably prolonged development is unique among mammals and is thought to contribute to our advanced ...

Human-specific genes control a crucial gene associated with autism spectrum disorders. The human brain's unusually extended ...

A Princeton-led team of scientists has built the first neuron-by-neuron and synapse-by-synapse roadmap through the brain of an adult fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster), marking a major milestone ...

Does a mouse’s brain have 1000x the connections between neurons than a fly’s, or many more? Gregory Jeffris: Actually, the number of synapses per neuron probably differs by no more than a ...

Neuroscientists Mala Murthy and Sebastian Seung at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute used 21 million images of an adult ...

Their findings, published in Neuron, reveal a surprising link between ... SRGAP2-SYNGAP1 cross-inhibition Go to source). The ...

A new neural map of the fruit fly brain reveals 140,000 neurons and 54.5 million synapses, providing key insights into its ...

New research reveals the most complete map of the brain, including microscopic details from 140,000 neurons, millions of ...

(Signals sent across excitatory synapses increase the activity of the receiving neuron; signals sent across inhibitory synapses reduce it.) Through its method of action, SPG302 rapidly regenerates ...