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Scientists have created a map of the wiring of a fruit fly's brain.
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The map of the neurons and connections is the most detailed ever.
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Mapping the fly brain is really remarkable and will help us get a real grasp.
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He said it could provide insights into the mechanism of thought.
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They created a detailed diagram of 139,255 neurons.
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The diagram of the fly's brain's neural pathways looks like a work of art.
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The scientists sliced the fruit fly brain into 7,000 microscopic slivers.
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Each of these was studied in an electron microscope that imaged cells.
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Electron microscopes imaged cells that were four millionths of a millimetre wide.
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The human brain has 86 billion neurons and trillions of connections.
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