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Neurobiological Models of the Central Complex and the Mushroom Bodies

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Spatial Temporal Patterns for Action-Oriented Perception in Roving Robots II

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This study reviews the actual knowledge on functions of the central complex (CX) and the mushroom bodies (MBs) in a genetic model insect, the fly Drosophila melanogaster. Ongoing research of UNIMAINZ and respective data are included. Reference is made to other insects, where respective functions are not yet studied in Drosophila. Neuroanatomical information is reported with regard to the general flow of information in these central brain neuropils. Particular projection systems and circuits are taken into account where this can be linked to functions. Models are developed.

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Work on the model was funded by the EU grant no. 216227, SPARK II, call identifier FP7-2007-ICT-1. I am indebted to Paolo Arena for perfectly coordinating this EU project SPARK II and to all the members of the consortium for many fruitful discussions during the meetings. Christian Berg prepared early versions of figures 7–10 and intensively discussed the global model with me.

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Strauss, R. (2014). Neurobiological Models of the Central Complex and the Mushroom Bodies. In: Arena, P., Patanè, L. (eds) Spatial Temporal Patterns for Action-Oriented Perception in Roving Robots II. Cognitive Systems Monographs, vol 21. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02362-5_1

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