Mushroom bodies and reniform bodies coexisting in crabs cannot both be homologs of the insect mushroom body
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DOI: 10.1002/cne.25152
Abstract: In one species of shore crab (Brachyura, Varunidae), a center that supports long‐term visual habituation and that matches the reniform body's morphology has been claimed as a homolog of the insect mushroom body despite lacking… read more here.
Keywords: body mushroom; mushroom body; insect mushroom; homologs insect ... See more keywords
Learning with sparse reward in a gap junction network inspired by the insect mushroom body
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012086
Abstract: Animals can learn in real-life scenarios where rewards are often only available when a goal is achieved. This ‘distal’ or ‘sparse’ reward problem remains a challenge for conventional reinforcement learning algorithms. Here we investigate an… read more here.
Keywords: mushroom body; gap junction; insect mushroom;