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Vision affects mushroom bodies and central complex in Drosophila melanogaster.
Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.) - 1 Jan 2000
Barth M, Heisenberg M
Abstract excerpt
The brain of Drosophila is structurally altered by sensory stimuli that the flies receive during their adult life. Size and fiber number of the mushroom bodies, central complex, and optic lobes are influenced by social, spatial, or olfactory cues. Recently, the optic lobes have been shown to depend on the light regime that flies experience. Structural plasticity in the brain is thought to be a correlate of...
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