Visual system of the European hummingbird hawkmoth Macroglossum stellatarum (Sphingidae, Lepidoptera): Motion-sensitive interneurons of the lobula plate

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 408, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 272-282

  Wicklein, Martina ^a,b   Varjú, Deszo ^b  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flight control; Insect; Invertebrate; Optomotor control; Physiology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIRD; FLYING; INTERNEURON; NEUROANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MOTHS; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0033620598     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990531)408:2<272::AID-CNE8>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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