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How the humble insect brain became a powerful experimental model system
Journal
Journal of Comparative Physiology A
Volume
203
Number
11
Pages / Article-Number
879-889
Abstract
In the 21st century, neurobiological studies focused on the insect brain are revealing unprecedented insight into the molecular, cellular, developmental, and circuit aspects of brain organization and function, notably in the genetic model system of Drosophila melanogaster. Underlying this accelerating progress in understanding the insect brain is a century-long history of ground breaking experimental investigation, methodological advance, and conceptual insight catalyzed by the integration of two emerging research fields, neuroscience and genetics. This review traces some of the key early steps in this remarkable historical scientific adventure of exploring the brain of "these apparently humble representatives of life".
