A projectome of the bumblebee central complex
(2021) In eLife 10.- Abstract
Insects have evolved diverse and remarkable strategies for navigating in various ecologies all over the world. Regardless of species, insects share the presence of a group of morphologically conserved neuropils known collectively as the central complex (CX). The CX is a navigational center, involved in sensory integration and coordinated motor activity. Despite the fact that our understanding of navigational behavior comes predominantly from ants and bees, most of what we know about the underlying neural circuitry of such behavior comes from work in fruit flies. Here we aim to close this gap, by providing the first comprehensive map of all major columnar neurons and their projection patterns in the CX of a bee. We find numerous... (More)
Insects have evolved diverse and remarkable strategies for navigating in various ecologies all over the world. Regardless of species, insects share the presence of a group of morphologically conserved neuropils known collectively as the central complex (CX). The CX is a navigational center, involved in sensory integration and coordinated motor activity. Despite the fact that our understanding of navigational behavior comes predominantly from ants and bees, most of what we know about the underlying neural circuitry of such behavior comes from work in fruit flies. Here we aim to close this gap, by providing the first comprehensive map of all major columnar neurons and their projection patterns in the CX of a bee. We find numerous components of the circuit that appear to be highly conserved between the fly and the bee, but also highlight several key differences which are likely to have important functional rami1cations.
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- Sayre, Marcel Ethan LU ; Templin, Rachel ; Chavez, Johanna LU ; Kempenaers, Julian LU and Heinze, Stanley LU
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- 2021
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
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- eLife
- volume
- 10
- article number
- e68911
- publisher
- eLife Sciences Publications
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- pmid:34523418
- scopus:85116908466
- ISSN
- 2050-084X
- DOI
- 10.7554/eLife.68911
- project
- Neural correlates of diverse navigational strategies
- language
- English
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- yes
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- f3d4d0c4-32ad-4755-b6ea-2edb5cb9859a
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- 2021-10-06 16:14:21
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