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An atlas of the bumblebee brain has been added to BrainGlobe
- 28 July 2025
Wang et al., 2025 recently published a brain atlas of the bumblebee Bombus impatiens, which they used to investigate the the neuroanatomical basis of bees behaviour in different social situations. This is the first insect brain atlas to be added to BrainGlobe, and the second invertebrate brain atlas (following the cuttlefish atlas). Its template image was acquired with confocal microscopy, and is from one representative individual bee brain (Figure 1).
An atlas for the Blind Mexican Cavefish has been added to BrainGlobe
- 21 June 2024
Kozol et al, 2023 recently published a brain atlas of the blind Mexican cavefish Astyanax mexicanus. This species is interesting from an evolutionary point of view, due to divergent phenotypes (surface- and cave-dwelling) that can be hybridised in the lab. Surface-dwelling populations have retained their eyesight, while cave-dwellers have not. The cavefish brain atlas allows us to understand how brains of a single species have changed anatomically and functionally as part of their adaptations to the environment.