Spatial response properties of contralateral inhibited lobula plate tangential cells in the fly visual system

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 406, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-71

  Gauck, Volker ^a,b   Borst, Alexander ^a  

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

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Motion detection; On center off surround; Receptive field; Synaptic integration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FLY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; FEMALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0033614290     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990329)406:1<51::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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