Three-dimensional mapping of brain neuropils in the cockroach, Diploptera punctata

• Published in: Journal of comparative neurology (1911) Vol. 440; no. 1; pp. 1 - 11
• Main Authors: Chiang, Ann-Shyn, Liu, Yee-Chien, Chiu, Shu-Ling, Hu, Shu-Hsia, Huang, Chih-Ying, Hsieh, Chang-Huain
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York John Wiley & Sons, Inc 05.11.2001
• Subjects: Animals; Blattidae; Brain - ultrastructure; central complex; Cockroaches - anatomy & histology; confocal microscopy; Diploptera punctata; Female; glomeruli; Imaging, Three-Dimensional; Microscopy, Confocal; mushroom bodies; Mushroom Bodies - ultrastructure; Neuropil - ultrastructure; three-dimensional brain; three-dimensional rendering

Herein, we present a complete three‐dimensional (3D) map of major neuropil structures in the central brain of the cockroach Diploptera punctata. The positions of the structures have been ascertained by confocal microscopy, which, until now—for reasons of tissue opacity and nonhomogeneity—has been th...