“Neurobiologist Orie Shafer at the University of Michigan is trying to understand how the brain’s cells communicate in order to control sleep patterns. To help solve this mystery, Shafer is teaming up with mathematician Victoria Booth to study a tiny and very unlikely specimen: the fruit fly.

“Mysteries of the Brain” is produced by NBC Learn in partnership with the NSF.”

NSF BRAIN Initiative
Published June 17, 2015