title: A big picture of a small brain.
abstract: A detailed map of the neurons that carry information away from the mushroom bodies in the brains of fruit flies has improved our understanding of the ways in which experiences can modify behaviour.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, the Volen National Center for Complex Systems and the National Center for Behavioral Genomics, Brandeis University, Waltham, United States griffith@brandeis.edu.
authors.forename: Leslie C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Griffith
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001245:Association Learning; D002755:Choice Behavior; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology*; D008128:Logic; D008568:Memory; D024521:Mushroom Bodies / Q000166:cytology* / Q000294:innervation*; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D011984:Sensory Receptor Cells / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: D. melanogaster; associative memory; behavioral valence; mushroom body; neuroscience; olfactory learning; sleep