title: Structure of the mushroom bodies of the insect brain.
abstract: 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 olfactory memory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27109, USA. fahrbach@wfu.edu
authors.forename: Susan E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Fahrbach
mesh_terms: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D034281:Dynamins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D007313:Insecta / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology; D008675:Metamorphosis, Biological; D024521:Mushroom Bodies / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development; D009154:Mutation / Q000502:physiology; D019581:Neuropil / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D034281:Dynamins; C439628:shi protein, Drosophila; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases; C479926:Rut protein, Drosophila