Happy flying (IMAGE)

National Centre for Biological Sciences

Happy flying

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The ability of flies to sustain flight for long periods of time is driven by a surge of calcium in select neurons of the brain that make the 'happy' chemical messenger, dopamine

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Anamika Sharma

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