Journal
CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH
Volume 337, Issue 3, Pages 513-526Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-009-0839-1
Keywords
Olfaction; Computational neuroanatomy; Atlas; Antennal lobe; Oriental fruit moth, Cydia molesta (Insecta)
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- INRA
- Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology, Spanish Science and Education Department, MEC [AGL2004-05812/AGR, BES-2005-7605]
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The oriental fruit moth Cydia molesta is an important pest and the behavioural role of olfactory signals such as pheromones and plant volatiles have been studied extensively in both sexes. To understand odour processing further, however, detailed knowledge of the anatomy of the olfactory system is crucial. In the present study, an atlas of the antennal lobe (AL) is presented based on the three-dimensional reconstructions of both ALs of three male and three female brains by means of neuroanatomical and computational approaches. We identified 48-49 ordinary glomeruli and one large glomerulus situated at the entrance of the antennal nerve in males, and 49-52 ordinary glomeruli and one large glomerulus in the ventro-medial part of the AL in females. Anomalous supernumerary, anomalous missing and sexually dimorphic glomeruli were found in the studied individuals in greater numbers than in other lepidopteran species. Male and female maps were compared with respect to glomerular size and position with 45 glomeruli being matched, indicating a conserved glomerular pattern between the sexes. Three additional glomeruli were sexually dimorphic in size and five male-specific and six female-specific glomeruli were also found. Palp backfills resulted in the staining of a unique glomerulus in both sexes identified as the sexually dimorphic glomerulus 45. This glomerulus was never stained from antennal backfills, which stained the other glomeruli of the AL. The three-dimensional atlas can now be used to elucidate the functional role of individual glomeruli in both sexes of C. molesta.
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