Similar Protein Patterns (IMAGE) University of Arizona Caption When the researchers stained mantis shrimp brain tissue for learning and memory proteins known from the fruit fly Drosophila and studied them under the microscope, they found that the characteristic mushroom body lobes that typify their counterparts in insects "lit up very intensively." (Left image: Mantis shrimp; right image: Cockroach) The image in the center shows the entire 3-D reconstructed mushroom body of the mantis shrimp. Credit Wolff et al. Usage Restrictions This visual may only be used in conjunction of reporting/posting of this news release. Credit must be stated as indicated. License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.