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No-bridge of Drosophila melanogaster: portrait of a structural brain mutant of the central complex.
Journal of neurogenetics - 1 Sept 1992
Strauss R, Hanesch U, Kinkelin M, Wolf R, Heisenberg M
Abstract excerpt
The mutant no-bridge (nobKS49) has its name from a structural defect in the protocerebral bridge of the central complex. This rod-shaped neuropil in nobKS49 has a large gap at the sagittal midplane, with some of the missing material accumulated more laterally. Mutant nob flies have a reduced maximal and average walking speed. Leg coordination is disturbed during turning but not while walking straight. Motivation...
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