Polarization-sensitive interneurons in the optic lobe of the desert ant Cataglyphis bicolor

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 133-136

  Labhart, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTERNEURON; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; OPTIC LOBE; POLARIZATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALIA; CATAGLYPHIS; CATAGLYPHIS BICOLOR; FORMICIDAE; GRYLLIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0034035356     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050691     Document Type: Article

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