Inside the Mantis Shrimp's Brain (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Inside the Mantis Shrimp's Brain

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Researchers stained mantis shrimp brain specimens with antibodies to obtain highly detailed images showing various types of neuronal processes. The reniform body (inset) is connected to the eye's visual (middle- and upper-left) and learning and memory center (small, blue structure at bottom).

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Marcel Sayre/Lund University Sweden and Roy L. Caldwell/University of California, Berkeley

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