mushroom body en · NOUN
Etymology
From mushroom + body, after German pilzhutförmiger Körper.
Meanings
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Either of a pair of structures in the brains of insects and some other arthropods thought to be involved in learning and memory.
In fruit flies the cyclic AMP system seems to be especially active in brain regions called mushroom bodies, toadstool-shaped extrusions of neurons in the fruit fly brain.
1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 226:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mushroom bodies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |