Article
Structure of the mushroom bodies of the insect brain.
Annual review of entomology - 1 Jan 2006
Fahrbach Susan E
Abstract excerpt
The past decade has produced an explosion of new information on the development, neuroanatomy, and possible functions of the mushroom bodies. This review provides a concise, contemporary overview of the structure of the mushroom bodies. Two topics are highlighted: the volume plasticity of mushroom body neuropils evident in the brains of some adult insects and a possible essential role for the gamma lobe in...
Topics
- Adenylyl Cyclases
- Animals
- Brain
- Drosophila Proteins
- Dynamins
- Insecta
- Memory
- Metamorphosis, Biological
- Mushroom Bodies
- Mutation
- Neuropil
- Synaptic Transmission
