Affiliation:
1. Department of Biology, Animal Physiology Philipps‐Universität Marburg Marburg Germany
2. Center for Mind, Brain and Behavior (CMBB) University of Marburg and Justus Liebig University Giessen Marburg Germany
3. Laboratory of Neuroethology, SOKENDAI The Graduate University for Advanced Studies Hayama Japan
Abstract
AbstractSerotonin (5‐hydroxytryptamine) acts as a widespread neuromodulator in the nervous system of vertebrates and invertebrates. In insects, it promotes feeding, enhances olfactory sensitivity, modulates aggressive behavior, and, in the central complex of Drosophila, serves a role in sleep homeostasis. In addition to a role in sleep‐wake regulation, the central complex has a prominent role in spatial orientation, goal‐directed locomotion, and navigation vector memory. To further understand the role of serotonergic signaling in this brain area, we analyzed the distribution and identity of serotonin‐immunoreactive neurons across a wide range of insect species. While one bilateral pair of tangential neurons innervating the central body was present in all species studied, a second type was labeled in all neopterans but not in dragonflies and firebrats. Both cell types show conserved major fiber trajectories but taxon‐specific differences in dendritic targets outside the central body and axonal terminals in the central body, noduli, and lateral accessory lobes. In addition, numerous tangential neurons of the protocerebral bridge were labeled in all studied polyneopteran species except for Phasmatodea, but not in Holometabola. Lepidoptera and Diptera showed additional labeling of two bilateral pairs of neurons of a third type. The presence of serotonin in systems of columnar neurons apparently evolved independently in dragonflies and desert locusts. The data suggest distinct evolutionary changes in the composition of serotonin‐immunolabeled neurons of the central complex and provides a promising basis for a phylogenetic study in a wider range of arthropod species.
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
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