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Research on fruit flies helps to better understand diseases of the human nervous system.

Rare Discovery: How a Gene Mutation Causes Higher Intelligence

Medicine & Technology Synapses are the contact points in the brain via which nerve cells 'talk' to each other. Disturbances in this communication lead to diseases of the nervous system, since altered synaptic proteins, for example, can impair this complex molecular mechanism. This can result in mild symptoms, but also very severe disabilities in those affected.
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