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Patterns in ant behavior have been analyzed to correlate their behavior with variables involving the Central Nervous System of each ant. A study was conducted on Camponotus mus ants to indicate changes in the microglomerular structures in the mushroom bodies (MBs) with fluctuating temperature as a variable. The ants move their brood daily between locations that vary in temperature over a consistent timescale (1). This behavior was initially researched to evaluate its necessity in terms of survival, but the ants were still alive and functional when the pupa stage was immersed in different temperature environments (that weren’t extreme heat or cold) (1). A question was posed about what neuronal changes occur from being exposed to varying temperatures. This is where the change in mushroom bodies was observed. Other locations in the Camponotus CNS remained relatively constant, but there was an increase in the amount of microglomeruli (MG)/ synaptic connections in the mushroom bodies (2). There hasn’t been any research done to evaluate the behavior differences when MG differences were induced from the temperature. However, temperature experiments were tested in honeybees to evaluate their behavior and foraging habits. This study found that an optimal temperature correlated with more dancing and a younger age to begin foraging (3). Ultimately, optimal temperature fluctuation increases the amount microglomeruli and synaptic connections in the mushroom bodies of ants to possibly improve behavioral function.

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Patterns in ant behavior were correlated with variables predicted to influence the central nervous system of ants. These patterns, including foraging, were studied with Camponotus mus (an ant species) to evaluate the effect of temperature being a variable on ant CNS structures. These structures, specifically mushroom bodies regions (MBs), have shown an increase in microglomerular structures and its connections when there is optimal temperature fluctuation in the brood development. The brood are moved daily between locations that vary in temperature over a consistent timeframe, but researchers were unsure about the necessity of this behavior for survival (1). These researchers studied the survival of ants if the brood were in different temperature conditions (that weren’t extremely high temperatures or extremely cold temperatures) and found the brood survived the different temperature conditions (1).

Though the temperature conditions did not induce any macro-scale differences compared to the control, researchers questioned and studied the possibility of neuronal changes occurring with the different temperature conditions. Studies gave the answer that the Mushroom Bodies were affected. The MBs showed an increase in the number of microglomeruli, but the rest of the central nervous system in the Camponotus remained constant. The MBs, or any other neural system, haven’t been studied yet for the effectiveness of the neural connections....