Organization and significance of neurons that detect change of visual depth in the hawk moth Manduca sexta

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 424, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 356-376

  Wicklein, Martina ^a   Strausfeld, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Hovering flight; Insect vision; Looming neurons; Neuroanatomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; FLYING; LUMINANCE; MOTH; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMAL; DEPTH PERCEPTION; MANDUCA; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; OPTIC LOBE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0034699006     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9861(20000821)424:2<356::AID-CNE12>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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