What is Antennal lobe?
The '''antennal lobe''' is the main part of the [[brain]] of an [[insect]] that controls the [[olfactory]] sense. The antennal lobe is a sphere-shaped [[deutocerebral]] [[neuropil]] in the brain. It receives [[information]] from the [[Olfactory sensory neuron|olfactory sensory neurons]] in the [[Antenna (biology)|antennae]] and [[mouthparts]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Scott|first1=Kristin|last2=Brady|first2=Roscoe|last3=Cravchik|first3=Anibal|last4=Morozov|first4=Pavel|last5=Rzhetsky|first5=Andrey|last6=Zuker|first6=Charles|last7=Axel|first7=Richard|date=2001|title=A Chemosensory Gene Family Encoding Candidate Gustatory and Olfactory Receptors in Drosophila|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S009286740100263X|journal=Cell|language=en|volume=104|issue=5|pages=661–673|doi=10.1016/S0092-8674(01)00263-X|pmid=11257221|s2cid=13677779|via=}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Sensory system]] [[Category:Insects]]