In an article published in Developmental Cell, scientists show how neurons establish their connections in specific layers ...

Exposure to B. bassiana fungus activated Toll receptors, leading to cell death throughout the fly brain. A new study ...

A fungal infection has been shown to trigger a fruit fly’s immune system to destroy brain cells leading to signs of ...

As we move further into the 21st century, science continues to surprise and challenge our understanding of the world. In 2024 ...

This important study offers a molecular characterization of neurons and glia in the adult nervous system of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. The study focuses on the progeny of a specific set of ...

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 ...

Male fruit flies don’t just sing to their mates; they also use sound-cancelling wing-flicks to jockey with rivals. This new ...

JMU scientists studied insulin-producing cells in fruit flies, finding that secretion is influenced by gut hormones, ...

Humans produce insulin in their pancreas. In the fruit fly Drosophila, however, the hormone is produced by nerve cells located in the brain. These cells release the insulin directly into the ...

elegantly show that, in Drosophila, astrocytes signal to neurons ... and providing insights into astrocyte network organization across brain regions. Rabah et al. discover an astrocyte-to-neuron ...

This important study identifies a new key factor in orchestrating the process of glial wrapping of axons in Drosophila wandering larvae. The evidence supporting the claims of the authors is convincing ...