Flying Colors
The fruit fly brain, though tiny, contains over 100,000 neurons which communicate with each other at 50 million synaptic connections. The process by which these synapses form is both extremely complex and also remarkably similar to the development of our own brains. This depth-coded image of the fly brain highlights the 3D structure of the antennal lobes, which the fly uses to sense its environment. By studying how connections form in these structures, we can better understand how our own brains develop.
Alison DePew
