Gap Fill - Brains - Level 6

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Scientists have created a of the wiring of a fruit fly's brain in a research called FlyWire. The map of the neurons and connections is the most ever produced for a . This groundbreaking feat could revolutionize the field of neuroscience and unlock about our own brain. Brain specialist Dr Gregory Jefferis told the BBC: "The mapping of the fly brain is really remarkable and will help us get a real of how our own brains work." He said it could provide into "the mechanism of thought". It took scientists to analyze the fly's -sized brain. They created a detailed diagram of 139,255 and 50 million connections.

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