[HTML][HTML] Enhanced long-term memory and increased mushroom body plasticity in Heliconius butterflies

FJ Young, AA Anton, L Melo-Flórez, A Couto, J Foley… - Iscience, 2024 - cell.com
Heliconius butterflies exhibit expanded mushroom bodies, a key brain region for learning
and memory in insects, and a novel foraging strategy unique among Lepidoptera–traplining …

Mosaic evolution of a learning and memory circuit in Heliconiini butterflies

MS Farnworth, T Loupasaki, A Couto, SH Montgomery - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
A critical function of central neural circuits is to integrate sensory and internal information to
cause a behavioural output. Evolution modifies such circuits to generate adaptive change in …