Fiber Number in the Mushroom Bodies of Adult Drosophila melanogaster depends on Age, Sex and Experience

被引:208
作者
Technau, Gerhard M. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Wurzburg, Inst Genet & Mikrobiol, Rontgenring 11, D-8700 Wurzburg, Germany
[2] Univ Cologne, Inst Entwicklungsphysiol, Gyrhofstr 17, D-5000 Cologne 41, Germany
关键词
adult neural development; sexual dimorphism; sensory deprivation/stimulation; mushroom bodies; Drosophila; neural mutants;
D O I
10.3109/01677068409107077
中图分类号
Q3 [遗传学];
学科分类号
071007 ; 090102 ;
摘要
The mushroom bodies are two characteristically shaped structures of the insect central brain. In Drosophila mekanogaster they contain more fibers in females than in males. Within the first week of adult life the total number of fibers increases by about 15 % and decreases again in flies older than 3-4 weeks. The number of mushroom body fibers is significantly reduced in flies kept under social isolation or deprived of their antennal input, but not in flies subjected to visual deprivation.
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