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Localization of long-term memory within the Drosophila mushroom body.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 2 Nov 2001
Pascual A, Préat T
Abstract excerpt
The mushroom bodies, substructures of the Drosophila brain, are involved in olfactory learning and short-term memory, but their role in long-term memory is unknown. Here we show that the alpha-lobes-absent (ala) mutant lacks either the two vertical lobes of the mushroom body or two of the three median lobes which contain branches of vertical lobe neurons. This unique phenotype allows analysis of mushroom body...
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