From spines on neurons to pollen on an insect’s eye, the winners of Nikon’s Small World photo contest offer a kaleidoscopic ...

This took about three hours of precise observation under the microscope to capture the right moment, involving many attempts ...

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

What actually happens in the brain in cases of depression? Relatively unknown brain cells—"astrocytes"—are believed to play ...

Stanford researchers gained new insights into how to promote neuron growth, how oceans absorb carbon dioxide more slowly than ...

UC Santa Barbara neuroscientists have reconstructed the entire anterior visual pathway of a fruit fly, a complex series of connections between the insect's eyes and the navigation center of its brain.

New Multiphoton Microscopy Module Enables Millisecond Neural Event Imaging at Single Neuron Resolution. At the Neuroscience ...

Reliably tracking and manipulating the mammalian nervous system in laboratory or clinical settings allows neuroscientists to ...

Fruit flies share many genetic similarities with humans, making them a valuable model organism for studying brain functions as well as diseases.

F RUIT FLIES are smart. For a start—the clue is in the name—they can fly. They can also flirt; fight; form complex, long-term ...