Visualising how the fly heart responds to danger (IMAGE)

Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown

Visualising how the fly heart responds to danger

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The fly's heart (left) - a minuscule structure made of two single rows of cells - is imaged non-invasively while the fly walks freely on a custom-made device (right).

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Charlotte Rosher, Moita lab, Champalimaud Foundation.

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