Parallel olfactory processing in a hemimetabolous insect

H Watanabe, K Tateishi - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2023 - Elsevier
To represent specific olfactory cues from the highly complex and dynamic odor world in the
brain, insects employ multiple parallel olfactory pathways that process odors with different …

Odor processing in the cockroach antennal lobe—the network components

D Fuscà, P Kloppenburg - Cell and Tissue Research, 2021 - Springer
Highly interconnected neural networks perform olfactory signal processing in the central
nervous system. In insects, the first synaptic processing of the olfactory input from the …

Connectomics analysis reveals first-, second-, and third-order thermosensory and hygrosensory neurons in the adult Drosophila brain

EC Marin, L Büld, M Theiss, T Sarkissian, RJV Roberts… - Current Biology, 2020 - cell.com
Animals exhibit innate and learned preferences for temperature and humidity—conditions
critical for their survival and reproduction. Leveraging a whole-brain electron microscopy …

Dual olfactory pathway in the honeybee, Apis mellifera

S Kirschner, CJ Kleineidam, C Zube… - Journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The antennal lobes (ALs) are the primary olfactory centers in the insect brain. In the AL of the
honeybee, olfactory glomeruli receive input via four antennal sensory tracts (T1–4). Axons of …

Drosophila hygrosensation requires the TRP channels water witch and nanchung

L Liu, Y Li, R Wang, C Yin, Q Dong, H Hing, C Kim… - Nature, 2007 - nature.com
The ability to detect variations in humidity is critical for many animals. Birds, reptiles and
insects all show preferences for specific humidities that influence their mating, reproduction …

The role of antennal hair plates in object-guided tactile orientation of the cockroach (Periplaneta americana)

J Okada, Y Toh - Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 2000 - Springer
The searching behavior of blinded cockroaches was examined under unrestrained
conditions, in an arena, and on a treadmill. When cockroaches searching in a circular arena …

Innervation pattern of suboesophageal ventral unpaired median neurones in the honeybee brain

U Schröter, D Malun, R Menzel - Cell and tissue research, 2007 - Springer
In honeybees (Apis mellifera), the biogenic amine octopamine has been shown to play a
role in associative and non-associative learning and in the division of labour in the hive …

The antennal lobe of Orthoptera–anatomy and evolution

R Ignell, S Anton, BS Hansson - Brain Behavior and Evolution, 2001 - karger.com
The first odor-processing neuropils of insects comprise glomeruli, islets of neuropil, that are
supplied by olfactory receptor neurons and give rise to efferent axons to higher brain …

Sex‐specific antennal sensory system in the ant Camponotus japonicus: Glomerular organizations of antennal lobes

A Nakanishi, H Nishino, H Watanabe… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Ants have well‐developed chemosensory systems for social lives. The goal of our study is to
understand the functional organization of the ant chemosensory system based on caste‐and …

Functional and topographic segregation of glomeruli revealed by local staining of antennal sensory neurons in the honeybee Apis mellifera

H Nishino, M Nishikawa, M Mizunami… - Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
In the primary olfactory center of animals, glomeruli are the relay stations where sensory
neurons expressing cognate odorant receptors converge onto interneurons. In cockroaches …