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title

Synapsin-based approaches to brain plasticity in adult social insects

author

Fahrbach, S.E.

author

Van Nest, B.N.

abstract

Development of the mushroom bodies continues after adult eclosion in social insects. Synapsins, phosphoproteins abundant in presynaptic boutons, are not required for development of the nervous system but have as their primary function modulation of synaptic transmission. A monoclonal antibody against a conserved region of Drosophila synapsin labels synaptic structures called microglomeruli in the mushroom bodies of adult social insects, permitting studies of microglomerular volume, density, and number. The results point to multiple forms of brain plasticity in social insects: age-based and experience-based maturation that results in a decrease in density coupled with an increase in volume of individual microglomeruli in simultaneous operation with shorter term changes in density produced by specific life experiences.

subject

adult social insects

brain plasticity

date

2020-02-25T20:32:03Z (accessioned)

2020-02-25T20:32:03Z (available)

2016-12 (issued)

identifier

SE Fahrbach, BN Van Nest. 2016. Synapsin-based approaches to brain plasticity in adult social insects. Current Opinion in Insect Science 18:27-34 (citation)

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/95992 (uri)

identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2016.08.009 (doi)

language

en (iso)

publisher

Elsevier

rights

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (uri)

source

Current Opinion in Insect Science

type

Article