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UTEP Researchers Uncover New Brain Mechanisms in Fruit Flies That May Impact Future Learning and Memory Research

Researcher(s) Keywords:

  1. inhibitory control
  2. genetics
  3. fruit fly
  4. Drosophila
  5. TBI
  6. autism
  7. ADHD
  8. Parkinson's disease
  9. Alzheimer's disease
  10. dementia
  11. neural circuit
  12. plasticity
  13. acetylcholine
  14. octopamine
  15. dopamine

Featured Researcher(s):

Han, Kyung-An
College: Science
Department: Biological Sciences
UTEP Researchers Uncover New Brain Mechanisms in Fruit Flies That May Impact Future Learning and Memory Research
Date: June 23, 2020



EL PASO, Texas – A research team from The University of Texas at El Paso has made strides in understanding how memories are formed through the brain mechanisms of fruit flies, findings that could enhance our understanding of brain disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder and substance addiction, according to an article published in the highly renowned Journal of Neuroscience.


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