This review annotates and categorises the glia of adult Drosophila and other model insects
and analyses the developmental origins of these in the Drosophila optic lobe. The functions …

Cataglyphis ants comprise one of the most characteristic groups of insects in arid regions
around the Mediterranean basin and have been intensively studied over the last 30 years …

The insect mushroom bodies (MBs) are paired brain centers which, like the mammalian
hippocampus, have a prominent function in learning and memory. Despite convergent …

In many animals the ability to navigate over long distances is an important prerequisite for
foraging. For example, it is widely accepted that desert ants and honey bees, but also …

The social brain hypothesis posits that the cognitive demands of social behaviour have
driven evolutionary expansions in brain size in some vertebrate lineages. In insects, higher …

Desert ants of the genus Cataglyphis undergo an age‐related polyethism from interior
workers involved in brood care and food processing to short‐lived outdoor foragers with …

The mushroom bodies are high‐order sensory integration centers in the insect brain. In the
honeybee, their main sensory input regions are large, doubled calyces with modality …

Long-term behavioral changes related to learning and experience have been shown to be
associated with structural remodeling in the brain. Leaf-cutting ants learn to avoid previously …

Central place foragers are faced with the challenge to learn the position of their nest
entrance in its surroundings, in order to find their way back home every time they go out to …

Mushroom bodies (MBs) are prominent neuropils in the insect brain involved in higher order
processing such as sensory integration, learning and memory, and spatial orientation. The …