Search Page Status Contact Us Summary of the structural organisation of the mushroom body. Click each thumbnail image to see the original figure.
Blue cells reprensent the progeny of one of the MBNbs.
The first possibility is that each MBNb is specified uniquely to generate neurones that project to a specific region of the MB neuropile, e.g. the alpha lobe. The last possibility is that the progeny of the MBNb are not confined to the MB, but may project to other regions of the brain. We found no MBNb clone that projects to other regions of the brain. Thus, we conclude that model B is the likely model of the MB formation in the adult Drosophila brain. Fourfold structure of the mushroom body.