{
  "id": 3546070,
  "title": "Motor neurons choreograph fruit fly feeding in millisecond-by-millisecond sequence",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/motor-neurons-choreograph-fruit-fly-feeding-in-millisecond-by",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-26T16:30:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-motor-neurons-choreograph-fruit-fly.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Eating may look effortless, but behind every bite, the brain runs a split-second relay of coordinated movement. In a recent study, researchers zoomed into the tiny world of fruit flies, or Drosophila, to uncover how their motor neurons orchestrate the rapid sequence of muscle movements that makes feeding possible.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}