Visual position stabilization in the hummingbird hawk moth, Macroglossum stellatarum L. II. Electrophysiological analysis of neurons sensitive to wide-field image motion

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

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 239-249

  Kern, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hawk moth; Insect; Optomotor neurons; Position stabilization; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MOTH; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MOTHS; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; ROTATION; VISION; VISUAL FIELDS;

ACCIPITRINAE; ANIMALIA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MACROGLOSSUM; MACROGLOSSUM STELLATARUM; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 0032004940     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050174     Document Type: Article

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