@article {1483, title = {Invertebrate neurophylogeny: suggested terms and definitions for a neuroanatomical glossary}, journal = {Frontiers in Zoology}, volume = {7}, year = {2010}, month = {09/11/2010}, pages = {1-49}, abstract = {

Background: Invertebrate nervous systems are highly disparate between different taxa. This is reflected in the terminology used to describe them, which is very rich and often confusing. Even very general terms such as \‘brain\’, \‘nerve\’, and \‘eye\’ have been used in various ways in the different animal groups, but no consensus on the exact meaning exists. This impedes our understanding of the architecture of the invertebrate nervous system in general and of evolutionary transformations of nervous system characters between different taxa.
Results: We provide a glossary of invertebrate neuroanatomical terms with a precise and consistent terminology, taxon-independent and free of homology assumptions. This terminology is intended to form a basis for new morphological descriptions. A total of 47 terms are defined. Each entry consists of a definition, discouraged terms, and a background/comment section.
Conclusions: The use of our revised neuroanatomical terminology in any new descriptions of the anatomy of invertebrate nervous systems will improve the comparability of this organ system and its substructures between the various taxa, and finally even lead to better and more robust homology hypotheses.

}, keywords = {Apical Organ, Mushroom Body, Nerve Cord, Neurite Bundle, Photoreceptor Cell}, issn = {1742-9994}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-7-29}, url = {https://frontiersinzoology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1742-9994-7-29}, author = {Richter, Stefan and Loesel, Rudi and Purschke, G{\"u}nter and Schmidt-Rhaesa, Andreas and Scholtz, Gerhard and Stach, Thomas and Vogt, Lars and Wanninger, Andreas and Brenneis, Georg and D{\"o}ring, Carmen and Faller, Simone and Fritsch, Martin and Grobe, Peter and Heuer, Carsten M. and Kaul, Sabrina and M{\o}ller, Ole S. and M{\"u}ller, Carsten H. G. and Rieger, Verena and Rothe, Birgen H. and Stegner, Martin E. J. and Harzsch, Steffen} }