The less - complex nervous system of the fruit fly makes them easier to study than people or even mice, another genetic model organism. (sciencedaily.com)
To better understand how complex nervous systems work, researchers have used an expanding array of ever more sophisticated tools that allow them to actually see what's going on. (sciencedaily.com)
Whether the same effect could be attained in the much more complex nervous systems of adult humans is unknown, says José Fernando Maya Vetencourt, the lead author of the study and a researcher in neurobiology at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, Italy. (discovermagazine.com)