Home
Neuron Search
Strain/Antibody Search
Brain Regions - Browse Record
Drosophila nervous system
>
central nervous system
>
brain
Show the entire list of the brain regions
(opens in a new window)
central nervous system
|_brain
Name:
brain
Find neurons innervating here
Abbreviation:
Alternative names:
Description:
In Drosophila neuroanatomy system, the term ''brain'' can refer either of the following areas; (1)
optic lobe
+
cerebrum
+
suboesophageal ganglion
, (2)
optic lobe
+
cerebrum
, (3)
cerebrum
+
suboesophageal ganglion
. In the contexts of cases (1) and (2), the entire area including the
optic lobe
and the
cerebrum
is collectively called as the
supraoesophageal ganglion
(SPG), in contrasted with the suboesophageal ganglion. In this database, the strategy (1) is adopted for categorization.
Static link to this record :
https://flybrain-ndb.VirtualFlyBrain.org/regionrec-2.html
