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Mechanism In Memory Development Discovered In Flies That May Help Parkinson’s Patients

By Depressed Jane | March 25, 2008

Before swatting at one of those pesky flies that come out as the days lengthen and the temperature rises, one should probably think twice. A University of Missouri researcher has found, through the study of Drosophila (a type of fruit fly), that by manipulating levels of certain compounds associated with the “circuitry” of the brain, key genes related to memory can be isolated and tested.

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