User:Kku/Insect brain

The typical insect brain or insect CNS consists of 105 to 106 neurons.

neuropil

Various degrees of fusion of ganglia.


 * Supraesophageal ganglion:
 * Protocerebrum The first pair of ganglia are largely associated with vision; they innervate the compound eyes and ocelli. optic lobe
 * Deutocerebrum The second pair of ganglia process sensory information collected by the antennae.
 * Tritocerebrum
 * central complex
 * Mushroom body antennal lobe with Kenyon cells
 * Lateral horn of insect brain


 * Suboesophageal ganglion

metathoracic ganglia in the metathorax abdominal ganglia
 * peripheral nervous system
 * stomatogastric nervous system
 * stomatogastric ganglion

pars intercerebralis ventral nerve cord Corpus cardiacum corpora allata

People

 * Félix Dujardin
 * Nicholas Strausfeld
 * Alexander Borst
 * Karl von Frisch
 * Martin Heisenberg
 * Felix Santschi
 * Leslie B. Vosshall
 * Rüdiger Wehner

Refs

 * http://flybrain.neurobio.arizona.edu/Flybrain/html/contrib/2000/rein/adultbrain.html
 * http://flybrain.neurobio.arizona.edu/Flybrain/html/contrib/2000/rein/adultbrain.html
 * http://flybrain.neurobio.arizona.edu/Flybrain/html/contrib/2000/rein/adultbrain.html
 * http://flybrain.neurobio.arizona.edu/Flybrain/html/contrib/2000/rein/adultbrain.html
 * http://flybrain.neurobio.arizona.edu/Flybrain/html/contrib/2000/rein/adultbrain.html
 * http://flybrain.neurobio.arizona.edu/Flybrain/html/contrib/2000/rein/adultbrain.html