Dendritic integration and its role in computing image velocity

Science

Volumn 281, Issue 5384, 1998, Pages 1848-1850

  Single, Sandra ^a   Borst, Alexander ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER LABORATORY OF THE MAX PLANCK SOCIETY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENDRITE; FLY; INTERNEURON; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; DENDRITES; DIPTERA; FEMALE; INTERNEURONS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE;

EID: 0032544295     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.281.5384.1848     Document Type: Article

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