Synaptic interactions increase optic flow specificity

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2157-2165

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

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fly; Motion vision; Neural coding; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DEPOLARIZATION; FLY; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DIPTERA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; INTERNEURONS; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; ROTATION; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0034121852     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00094.x     Document Type: Article

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