Fruit Fly Brain Circuit (image)

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Caption

This image shows a model of the circadian output circuit for locomotor rhythms. One hemisphere of the fly brain is depicted. The circuit extends from the master pacemaker cells called s-LNvs (red), through other cells called DN1s (orange), and on to different types of pars intercerebralis cells (blue), which modulate locomotor rhythms through the release of the molecule DH44.

Credit

Daniel Cavanaugh, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

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