Fruit Fly Neural Navigation System (IMAGE)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Fruit Fly Neural Navigation System

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When a fruit fly turns, E-PG nerve cells that form the ellipsoid body compass (purple) get updates from P-EN nerve cells in the handlebar-shaped protocerebral bridge (green).

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Credit: Courtesy of Tanya Wolff and Gerry Rubin

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