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Mushroom Bodies

Known as: Corpora Pedunculata, Mushroom Body, Pedunculata, Corpora 
Prominent lobed neuropils found in ANNELIDA and all ARTHROPODS except crustaceans. They are thought to be involved in olfactory learning and memory.
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Origin of Drosophila mushroom body neuroblasts and generation of divergent embryonic lineages
Key to understanding the mechanisms that underlie the specification of divergent cell types in the brain is knowledge about the… 
2011
2011
Dual olfactory pathway in Hymenoptera: evolutionary insights from comparative studies.
2008
2008
amnesiac regulates sleep onset and maintenance in Drosophila melanogaster.
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Fast Synaptic Currents in Drosophila Mushroom Body Kenyon Cells Are Mediated by α-Bungarotoxin-Sensitive Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors and Picrotoxin-Sensitive GABA Receptors
The mushroom bodies, bilaterally symmetric regions in the insect brain, play a critical role in olfactory associative learning… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Taurine‐, aspartate‐ and glutamate‐like immunoreactivity identifies chemically distinct subdivisions of Kenyon cells in the cockroach mushroom body
The lobes of the mushroom bodies of the cockroach Periplaneta americana consist of longitudinal modules called laminae. These… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
The Steroid Hormone 20-Hydroxyecdysone Enhances Neurite Growth ofDrosophila Mushroom Body Neurons Isolated during Metamorphosis
Mushroom bodies (MBs) are symmetrically paired neuropils in the insect brain that are of critical importance for associative… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Neuronal cAMP-dependent protein kinase type II is concentrated in mushroom bodies of Drosophila melanogaster and the honeybee Apis mellifera.
In both Drosophila melanogaster and the honeybee Apis mellifera, cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)-dependent processes have… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
Transmitter-induced calcium signalling in cultured neurons of the insect brain
1979
1979
The brain of the horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus). III. Cellular and synaptic organization of the corpora pedunculata.
Highly Cited
1955
Highly Cited
1955
The Structure and Connexions of the Corpora Pedunculata in Bees and Ants
1. A method is described of using high frequency radio waves to produce localized and precisely controlled burns. The technique… 
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