Fast and slow photoreceptors - a comparative study of the functional diversity of coding and conductances in the Diptera

Journal of Comparative Physiology A

Volumn 172, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 593-609

  Laughlin, S B ^a   Weckstrom M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Diversity; Photoreceptor; Potassium channels; Response dynamics; Visual ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000879989     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00213682     Document Type: Article

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