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Heuer et al. Frontiers in Zoology 2010, 7:13 /content/7/1/13 RESEARCH Open Access Comparative neuroanatomy suggests repeated Research reduction of neuroarchitectural complexity in Annelida Carsten M Heuer1, Carsten HG Müller2, Christiane Todt3 and Rudi Loesel*1 Abstract Background: Paired mushroom bodies, an unpaired central complex, and bilaterally arranged clusters of olfactory glomeruli are among the most distinctive components of arthropod neuroarchitecture. Mushroom body neuropils, unpaired midline neuropils, and olfactory glomeruli also occur in the brains of some polychaete annelid