Responses to object approach by a wide field visual neurone, the LGMD2 of the locust: Characterization and image cues

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 203-214

  Simmons, Peter J ^a   Rind, F Claire ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain; Collision; Insect; Intracellular; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031052663     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050041     Document Type: Article

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