Local circuit for the computation of object approach by an identified visual neuron in the locust

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 395, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 405-415

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

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Invertebrate; Motion detection; Presynaptic inhibition

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; LOCUST; NONHUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; OPTIC LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; BIOTIN; DENDRITES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GRASSHOPPERS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOTION PERCEPTION; NERVE NET; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECEPTORS, PRESYNAPTIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES; VISION;

EID: 0032496736     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980808)395:3<405::AID-CNE9>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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