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A Systematic Nomenclature for theDrosophilaVentral Nervous System
David ShepherdRichard S. MannDavid J. MerrittCarsten DuchAndrew M. SeedsJames W. TrumanRod K. MurpheyJohn C. TuthillShigehiro NamikiRobert CourtDarren W. WilliamsTroy R. ShirangiMichael H. DickinsonJana BörnerJulie A. SimpsonJames Douglas ArmstrongGwyneth M CardMarta CostaWyatt Korffsubject
Nervous system0303 health sciencesbiologymedia_common.quotation_subjectfungiAdult insectAnatomyInsectbiology.organism_classificationNeuromere3. Good health03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineTaxonmedicine.anatomical_structuremedicineDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila (subgenus)NeuroscienceNomenclature030217 neurology & neurosurgery030304 developmental biologymedia_commondescription
AbstractThe fruit fly,Drosophila melanogaster, is an established and powerful model system for neuroscience research with wide relevance in biology and medicine. Until recently, research on theDrosophilabrain was hindered by the lack of a complete and uniform nomenclature. Recognising this problem, the Insect Brain Name Working Group produced an authoritative hierarchical nomenclature system for the adult insect brain, usingDrosophila melanogasteras the reference framework, with other taxa considered to ensure greater consistency and expandability (Ito et al., 2014). Here, we extend this nomenclature system to the sub-gnathal regions of the adultDrosophilanervous system, thus providing a systematic anatomical description of the ventral nervous system (VNS). This portion of the nervous system includes the thoracic and abdominal neuromeres that were not included in the original work and contains the motor circuits that play essential roles in most fly behaviours.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
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| 2017-04-26 |