Gap Fill - Brains - Level 5

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Scientists have created a of a fruit fly's brain. The map of the neurons and is the most ever produced for a . This feat could revolutionize neuroscience and unlock about our own brain. A brain specialist told the BBC: "The mapping of the fly brain is really and will help us get a real of how our own brains work." He said it could help us look into "the of thought". It took scientists many years to analyze the fly's -sized brain. They created a diagram of 139,255 and 50 million connections.

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