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Probing fine-scale connections in the brain

Neurons in the right superior lateral protocerebrum of Drosophila

Tracing connections, such as those in this section of the fruit-fly brain, could uncover links between neural architecture, biology and disease. Credit: FlyEM at HHMI/Google Research

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Nature 586, 631-633 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-02947-5

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