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The mushroom bodies or corpora pedunculata are a pair of structures in the brain of arthropods, including insects and crustaceans, and some annelids (notably the ragworm Platynereis dumerilii). They are known to play a role in olfactory learning and memory. In most insects, the mushroom bodies and the lateral horn are the two higher brain regions that receive olfactory information from the antennal lobe via projection neurons. They were first identified and described by French biologist Félix Dujardin in 1850.

Mushroom bodies - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Pair of structures in the brains of some arthropods and annelids Further information: insect olfaction Mushroom bodies visible in a Drosophila brain as two stalks. From Jenett et al., 2006 [ 1 ] The mushroom bodies or corpora pedunculata are a pair of structures in the brain of arthropods (including insects and crustaceans ), [ 2 ] and polychaete annelids (notably the ragworm Platynereis dumerilii ). [ 3 ] They are known to play a role in olfactory learning and memory . In most insects, the mushroom bodies and th

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