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A systematic nomenclature for the Drosophila ventral nerve cord

A systematic nomenclature for the Drosophila ventral nerve cord
A systematic nomenclature for the Drosophila ventral nerve cord

Drosophila melanogaster is an established model for neuroscience research with relevance in biology and medicine. Until recently, research on the Drosophila brain was hindered by the lack of a complete and uniform nomenclature. Recognizing this, Ito et al. (2014) produced an authoritative nomenclature for the adult insect brain, using Drosophila as the reference. Here, we extend this nomenclature to the adult thoracic and abdominal neuromeres, the ventral nerve cord (VNC), to provide an anatomical description of this major component of the Drosophila nervous system. The VNC is the locus for the reception and integration of sensory information and involved in generating most of the locomotor actions that underlie fly behaviors. The aim is to create a nomenclature, definitions, and spatial boundaries for the Drosophila VNC that are consistent with other insects. The work establishes an anatomical framework that provides a powerful tool for analyzing the functional organization of the VNC.

Animals, Cell Lineage, Drosophila melanogaster/cytology, Ganglia, Invertebrate/cytology, Nerve Net/cytology, Neurons/classification, Terminology as Topic
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Court, Robert, Namiki, Shigehiro, Armstrong, J Douglas, Börner, Jana, Card, Gwyneth, Costa, Marta, Dickinson, Michael, Duch, Carsten, Korff, Wyatt, Mann, Richard, Merritt, David, Murphey, Rod K, Seeds, Andrew M, Shirangi, Troy, Simpson, Julie H, Truman, James W, Tuthill, John C, Williams, Darren W and Shepherd, David (2020) A systematic nomenclature for the Drosophila ventral nerve cord. Neuron, 107 (6), 1071-1079.e2. (doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2020.08.005).

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Drosophila melanogaster is an established model for neuroscience research with relevance in biology and medicine. Until recently, research on the Drosophila brain was hindered by the lack of a complete and uniform nomenclature. Recognizing this, Ito et al. (2014) produced an authoritative nomenclature for the adult insect brain, using Drosophila as the reference. Here, we extend this nomenclature to the adult thoracic and abdominal neuromeres, the ventral nerve cord (VNC), to provide an anatomical description of this major component of the Drosophila nervous system. The VNC is the locus for the reception and integration of sensory information and involved in generating most of the locomotor actions that underlie fly behaviors. The aim is to create a nomenclature, definitions, and spatial boundaries for the Drosophila VNC that are consistent with other insects. The work establishes an anatomical framework that provides a powerful tool for analyzing the functional organization of the VNC.

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Accepted/In Press date: 5 August 2020
Published date: 23 September 2020
Keywords: Animals, Cell Lineage, Drosophila melanogaster/cytology, Ganglia, Invertebrate/cytology, Nerve Net/cytology, Neurons/classification, Terminology as Topic

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Local EPrints ID: 455672
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/455672
ISSN: 0896-6273
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Author: Robert Court
Author: Shigehiro Namiki
Author: J Douglas Armstrong
Author: Jana Börner
Author: Gwyneth Card
Author: Marta Costa
Author: Michael Dickinson
Author: Carsten Duch
Author: Wyatt Korff
Author: Richard Mann
Author: David Merritt
Author: Rod K Murphey
Author: Andrew M Seeds
Author: Troy Shirangi
Author: Julie H Simpson
Author: James W Truman
Author: John C Tuthill
Author: Darren W Williams
Author: David Shepherd

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