Anatomical basis of sun compass navigation II: The neuronal composition of the central complex of the monarch butterfly

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 521, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 267-298

  Heinze, Stanley ^a   Florman, Jeremy ^a   Asokaraj, Surainder ^a   El Jundi, Basil ^b   Reppert, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anterior optic tubercle; Central complex; Comparative neuroanatomy; Danaus plexippus; Neuropil volumes; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ACRIDIDAE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; BUTTERFLY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CENTRAL COMPLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE TRACT; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUN COMPASS NAVIGATION; SUN COMPASS NEUROPIL;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; BRAIN; BUTTERFLIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURONS; NEUROPIL; ORIENTATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, INVERTEBRATE; SOLAR SYSTEM; SYNAPSINS;

EID: 84870716284     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23214     Document Type: Article

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