Genetic deletion of Vaha resulted in reduced secretion of insulin-like peptide in the fly brain. In vitro assays solidified the lipase’s role as a key mediator of insulin signaling. The researchers ...

Inert amyloid fibrils of the Alzheimer's Aβ-peptide 1–42 (Aβ 42) were incubated overnight with liposomes and various lipids including cholesterol, sphingolipids, gangliosides and brain extract.

Several neutral and polar lipids and lipid peroxidation products are involved in the in homeostatic dysregulation of the brain. Currently it is unknown if lipids are associated with brain diseases ...

A consortium of scientists published the first complete map of a fruit fly's brain Wednesday in the journal Nature. Identifying and charting the 130,000 neurons and 50 million connections inside ...

As beautiful as it is complex, the fly's brain has more than 130,000 wires with 50 million intricate connections They can walk, hover and the males can even sing love songs to woo mates - all this ...

Because membrane lipids are so important as structural components in the CNS, changes in brain lipid levels due to impaired synthesis or metabolism may result in homeostatic dysregulation and ...

Young macaques given the popular antidepressant fluoxetine for two years had lower levels of certain fatty acids and other lipids in their brains than ones not given the drug ... and other ...