Cerebral extraocular photoreceptors in beetles

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1353-1357

  Felisberti, Fatima ^a   Ventura, Dora Fix ^b   Hertel, Horst ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beetles; Extraocular photoreceptors; Hylotrupes bajulus; Insecta; Optic lobe; Photoreception; Spectral sensitivity; Tenebrio molitor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BEETLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; INSECT; NONHUMAN; OPTIC LOBE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031424958     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9629(97)00249-1     Document Type: Article

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