
Neuroscience
Could Fruit Flies Reveal the Hidden Mechanisms of the Mind?
New understandings in neurobiology are emerging from experiments on Drosophila, raising hopes the tiny insect will aid insights into human cognition and dementia
Gaby Maimon is head of the Laboratory of Integrative Brain Function at The Rockefeller University and an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. His lab's most recent research is described in Nature Neuroscience, July 22, 2019.
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