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Kenyon cell
| Name: | Kenyon cell |
| Description: | A Kenyon cell is an intrinsic neuron of the mushroom body. Its cell body, situated in the cortex above the calyx of the mushroom body, is smaller than those in the surrounding midbrain cortex. Four short fascicles extend from the cell bodies of the Kenyon cells into the calyx. Each fascicle corresponds to axons from a set of cell bodies descended from a single mushroom body neuroblast. These 4 smaller fascicles converge in the calyx where they arborize and form pre- and post-synaptic terminals (Christiansen et al., 2011).They emerge from the calyx as a thick axon bundle referred to as the peduncle that bifurcates to innervate the dorsal and medial lobes of the mushroom body. |
| Synonym(s): | intrinsic cell of mushroom body |
| Is part of: | mushroom body, adult mushroom body |
| Super-category: | mushroom body intrinsic neuron |
| FBbt_Id: | FBbt_00003686 |
| FBBT_Link: | http://www.virtualflybrain.org/site/tools/anatomy_finder/index.htm?id=FBbt:00003686 |
| Develops_from: | mushroom body neuroblast |
| Has_synaptic_terminal_in: | mushroom body, mushroom body calyx |
| Has_role: | Fly_Anatomy_Ontology |
| Id: | nlx_147420 |
| Link to OWL / RDF: | Download this content as OWL/RDF |
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| Comment | Pre-synaptic terminals were identified using two presynaptic markers (Brp and Dsyd-1) and post-synaptic terminals by labelling a subunit of the acetylcholine receptor (Dalpha7) in genetically labelled Kenyon cells (Christiansen et al., 2011). |
| Definition | A Kenyon cell is an intrinsic neuron of th … A Kenyon cell is an intrinsic neuron of the mushroom body. Its cell body, situated in the cortex above the calyx of the mushroom body, is smaller than those in the surrounding midbrain cortex. Four short fascicles extend from the cell bodies of the Kenyon cells into the calyx. Each fascicle corresponds to axons from a set of cell bodies descended from a single mushroom body neuroblast. These 4 smaller fascicles converge in the calyx where they arborize and form pre- and post-synaptic terminals (Christiansen et al., 2011).They emerge from the calyx as a thick axon bundle referred to as the peduncle that bifurcates to innervate the dorsal and medial lobes of the mushroom body. sal and medial lobes of the mushroom body. |
| Develops from | Mushroom body neuroblast + |
| FBBT Link | http://www.virtualflybrain.org/site/tools/anatomy_finder/index.htm?id=FBbt:00003686 + |
| FBbt Id | FBbt 00003686 + |
| Has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki. | Petilla neuron + |
| Has role | Fly Anatomy Ontology + |
| Has synaptic terminal in | Mushroom body +, and Mushroom body calyx + |
| Id | nlx_147420 + |
| Is part of | Mushroom body +, and Adult mushroom body + |
| Label | Kenyon cell + |
| ModifiedDate | 31 July 2012 + |
| SuperCategory | mushroom body intrinsic neuron + |
| Synonym | intrinsic cell of mushroom body + |