Article
Mushroom bodies enhance initial motor activity in Drosophila.
Journal of neurogenetics - 1 Jan 2009
Serway Christine N, Kaufman Rebecca R, Strauss Roland, de Belle J Steven
Abstract excerpt
The central body (or central complex, CCX) and the mushroom bodies (MBs) are brain structures in most insect phyla that have been shown to influence aspects of locomotion. The CCX regulates motor coordination and enhances activity while MBs have, thus far, been shown to suppress motor activity levels measured over time intervals ranging from hours to weeks. In this report, we investigate MB involvement in motor...
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