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Convergence of multimodal sensory pathways to the mushroom body calyx in Drosophila melanogaster.

ABSTRACT: Detailed structural analyses of the mushroom body which plays critical roles in olfactory learning and memory revealed that it is directly connected with multiple primary sensory centers in Drosophila. Connectivity patterns between the mushroom body and primary sensory centers suggest that each mushroom body lobe processes information on different combinations of multiple sensory modalities. This finding provides a novel focus of research by Drosophila genetics for perception of the external world by integrating multisensory signals.

SUBMITTER: Yagi R

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4941532 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Convergence of multimodal sensory pathways to the mushroom body calyx in Drosophila melanogaster.

Yagi Ryosuke R Mabuchi Yuta Y Mizunami Makoto M Tanaka Nobuaki K NK

Scientific reports 20160711

Detailed structural analyses of the mushroom body which plays critical roles in olfactory learning and memory revealed that it is directly connected with multiple primary sensory centers in Drosophila. Connectivity patterns between the mushroom body and primary sensory centers suggest that each mushroom body lobe processes information on different combinations of multiple sensory modalities. This finding provides a novel focus of research by Drosophila genetics for perception of the external wor ...[more]

PMID: 27404960

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