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UCLA researchers found developing fruit flies exhibited activity in their innermost eye cells before they were able to open their eyes. (Daily Bruin file photo)

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Fruit fly brain cells offer potential insight on human synapse formation

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UCLA researchers discovered a pattern in fruit fly brain cells that might help explain how human brains make connections between their brain cells. Orkun Akin, an assistant professor of neurobiology, and Bryce Bajar, a graduate student and first author on the paper, found developing fruit flies exhibited activity in their innermost eye cells before they were able to open their eyes.

https://dailybruin.com/2019/03/04/fruit-fly-brain-cells-offer-potential-insight-on-human-synapse-formation/

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Fruit fly brain cells offer potential insight on human synapse formation

By Tabatha Lewis-Simó

March 4, 2019 12:30 a.m.