Temperature-dependence of neuronal performance in the motion pathway of the blowfly Calliphora erythrocephala

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 3161-3170

  Warzecha, Anne Kathrin ^a   Horstmann, Wolfram ^a   Egelhaaf, Martin ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blowfly; Calliphora erythrocephala; Electrophysiology; Insect; Motion sensitive neurone; Temperature; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033450874     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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