Mushroom Bodies in the Drosophila Brain (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Mushroom Bodies in the Drosophila Brain

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When brains of the fruit fly are labeled with an antibody binding to a protein required for learning and memory, its mushroom bodies light up when viewed under a microscope. Here, the mushroom bodies are superimposed onto an image of the fly brain.

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Gabriella Wolff and Nicholas Strausfeld

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