"In mammalian brains individual synapses are typically one-to-one, i.e. they form a connection between exactly two neurons. In contrast, insect synapses are typically one-to-many (“polyadic”), meaning that they connect multiple different neurons."

Insects have a lot of adaptations to be small, and this might be one of the coolest!

#insects #brains #brainmap #neuroscience

Scientists mapped every neuron of an adult animal's brain for the first time | Popular Science https://www.popsci.com/environment/complete-brain-map/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us