Sentences with phrase «fly brain using»

The FlyEM team strives to unravel the neural connectivity of the fly brain using Electron Microscopic (EM) imaging.

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Then, Lorin Milescu's students used live - imaging techniques and software developed in their lab to demonstrate that the Gr28bD protein can, through temperature differences, modulate the brain activity of fruit flies.

The tremors and other movement impairments of Parkinson's are triggered by the death of dopamine - producing cells in the brain, so the investigators used flies that had been genetically engineered to have their dopamine cells die off as they age.

On the fly, neurosurgeons can use the pen - sized instrument on the brain to view the tumor cells with unique fluorescent characteristics that outline the tumor cells.

In addition, as with the human brain, the fly brain is compartmentalized into regions that process different sensory information (visual, acoustic, olfactory), and it uses the same types of neurotransmitters as humans.

If we can study the biochemical pathways their brains are using and find out how these flies manage with so little sleep, we might eventually find a way to make human sleep more efficient and restorative.

Using the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster as a model, the team led by Prof. Dr. Christoph Schuster and Prof. Dr. Hilmar Bading investigates how the brain learns.

The scientists used imaging techniques to visualize the activity in certain areas of the flies» brains while these were stimulated with different odours, and they were able to localize and identify the receptor for citrus.

Using a combination of molecular biology, neurobiology and behavioral tests, the researchers now show that loss of ATF1 changes the response of the fruit fly brain to a whiff of yeast.

They then used a computer program to simulate the part of the fly's brain used for recognition to show that the receptor responses contained enough information to recognise odours.

She hasn't flown a plane since 2007, when viral encephalitis destroyed her hippocampus, the part of the brain used to form new memories and retrieve old ones.

Now a team of researchers has used computer - vision and machine - learning techniques in fruit flies to create behavior anatomy maps that will help us understand how specific brain circuits generate Drosophila aggression, wing extension, or grooming.

To see what genes might be involved in this increased aggression, the team used microarrays to look for differences in gene expression in fly brains.

«The key breakthrough came from using a fruit fly model of human ALS and FTD that allowed us to screen these 400 candidates for ones that block brain cell death in a living organism,» says Lloyd.

Using a new high - speed imaging technique called SCAPE to track activity in the entire fly brain, we will identify activity patterns that generate appetite and trigger food seeking behavior.

She uses a new ultra-fast microscopy technique to record the activity in the whole fly brain and works closely with theoretical neuroscientists to analyze the data and model network activity.

The study uses imaging technology and electrophysiology to understand what happens between neurons at synapses to make sense of how fruit fly brains process odors.

In a new study in Neuron, they used trans - Tango to illuminate connected neurons in fruit flies, revealing previously unmapped gustatory circuits that link the taste - sensing organs to brain regions known to govern feeding behavior and memory.

Viable brain DA deficient flies were previously generated using tissue selective GAL4 - UAS binary expression rescue of a DTH null mutation and these flies show specific behavioral impairments.

Using lasers and computers, the tool can precisely target and activate certain neurons in the thorax and brain of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster raising its temperature and stirring up its courtship behaviors.

Researcher Monica Dus from the University of Michigan investigated the effect of sugar on our brain using fruit flies.

This is an example of retraining your brain for Milenomics — you're breaking down the idea of flying one airline, and instead creating a network of options in your head, using your tools to benefit you the most.

Creating the installation was spontaneous — Amir flew in and workedswiftly, on the spot, a contrast to the slower process of his paintings, but he says, «I enjoyed it, it uses different parts of my brain.»

The truth is that including soft - skills like communication is ok, so long as it's being bolstered by hard skills, like the ability to use software, hardware, make repairs, perform calculations, fly a plane, or do brain surgery.