title: Age affects the metabolic rate of insect brain.
abstract: Brains of adult insects can be isolated and studied in vitro. In female blowflies the oxygen uptake of the brain is age dependent. A steady increase is followed by a precipitous decrease around the middle of the little span. These changes are accompanied by alterations of mitochondrial structure and deposits of lipofuscin-like material.
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004175:Diptera / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010101:Oxygen Consumption