Convergence of multimodal sensory pathways to the mushroom body calyx in Drosophila melanogaster

• DOI: 10.1038/srep29481
• Publication Date: 2016-07-12T13:01:16Z
• Authors: Ryosuke Yagi; Yuta Mabuchi; Makoto Mizunami; Nobuaki K. Tanaka
• Keywords: Calyx; Mushroom bodies

Detailed structural analyses of the mushroom body which plays critical roles in olfactory learning and memory revealed that it is directly connected with multiple primary sensory centers Drosophila. Connectivity patterns between suggest each lobe processes information on different combinations modalities. This finding provides a novel focus research by Drosophila genetics for perception external world integrating multisensory signals.