Memory loss in flies (IMAGE)

University of Bristol

Memory loss in flies

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Mutations in the schizophrenia associated cacophony calcium channel gene causes a reduction in calcium signalling in the memory centres of the fly brain called the mushroom body (the two L shaped structures in the images) resulting in memory loss in the flies.

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