Compartmentalized neurons (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Compartmentalized neurons

Caption

The image depicts 3-D models of a pair of compartmentalized ORNs reconstructed based on serial block-face electron microscopy. The blue neuron promotes egg-laying, while the orange neuron inhibits the same behavior.

Credit

Quintyn McKaughan

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Must be used in conjunction with PNAS paper on new fly olfactory map.

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