Reply to 'Pitfalls of using confocal-microscopy based automated quantification of synaptic complexes in honeybee mushroom bodies (response to Peng and Yang 2016)'.

In a comment on our Article "Sublethal Dosage of Imidacloprid Reduces the Microglomerular Density of Honey Bee Mushroom Bodies", Rössler et al. assert that our reported counts are overall lower than previously reported due to the use of automated quantification. We address these issues in this reply.