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AI met fruit fly, and a better brain model emerged

Scientists have created a virtual brain network that can predict the behavior of individual neurons in a living brain. The model is based on a fruit fly’s visual system, and it offers scientists a way ...
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UVM scientist maps fruit fly brain

A team of scientists supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)’s The BRAIN Initiative®, including Davi Bock, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Neurological Sciences at UVM’s Robert Larner, M.D.
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Human brains and fruit fly brains are built similarly – visualizing how helps researchers better understand how both work

The human brain contains approximately 87 billion neurons. On average, each of these cells make thousands of different connections to facilitate communication across the brain. Neural communication is ...
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AI met fruit fly, and a better brain model emerged

A virtual version of a fruit fly's visual system could help scientists understand how brain networks process information. The model could also... AI met fruit fly, and a better brain model emerged ...