作者: Keram Pfeiffer , Uwe Homberg
DOI: 10.1146/ANNUREV-ENTO-011613-162031
关键词: Insect 、 Sensory cue 、 Biology 、 Arousal 、 Visual memory 、 Electrophysiology 、 Neuroscience 、 Orientation (mental) 、 Motor control 、 Spatial analysis
摘要: The central complex is a group of modular neuropils across the midline insect brain. Hallmarks its anatomical organization are discrete layers, an into arrays 16 slices along right-left axis, and precise inter-hemispheric connections via chiasmata. connected most prominently with adjacent lateral superior protocerebrum. Its developmental appearance corresponds compound eyes walking legs. Distinct dopaminergic neurons control various forms arousal. Electrophysiological studies provide evidence for roles in polarized light vision, sky compass orientation, integration spatial information locomotor control. Behavioral on mutant transgenic flies indicate representation visual cues, memory, directional flight, place learning. data suggest that azimuthal directions (i.e., where) represented slices, cu...