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  • NEWS May 22 2017

    New Clues Emerge About How Fruit Flies Navigate Their World

    Nestled deep inside a fruit fly’s brain, specialized nerve cells knit themselves into a tiny compass. New results from neuroscientists at the Janelia Research Campus illuminate the architecture of...
  • NEWS May 17 2017

    Storing a Memory Involves Distant Parts of the Brain

    New research from scientists at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research Campus shows that distant parts of the brain are called into action to store a single memory. In studies with...
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    Low Oxygen Reverses Mitochondrial Disease in Mice

    Thin air can reverse brain damage due to mitochondrial defects in mice. After a month of breathing air that contains about half the usual amount of oxygen, telltale lesions in the brains of these...
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