Activity of descending contralateral movement detector neurons and collision avoidance behaviour in response to head-on visual stimuli in locusts

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 115-129

  Gray, John R ^a,b   Lee, Jessica K ^a   Robertson, R Meldrum ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flight; Insect; Looming; Steering; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLYING; GRASSHOPPER; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GRASSHOPPERS; NEURONS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035044901     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590100182     Document Type: Article

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