Neurons of the central complex of the locust Schistocerca gregaria are sensitive to polarized light

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1114-1125

  Vitzthum, Harm ^a   Müller, Monika ^b   Homberg, Uwe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central complex; Compass navigation; Head direction; Insect brain; Locust; Polarization vision; Polarized light; Schistocerca gregaria

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DIRECTIONAL VISION; EYE; HEAD MOVEMENT; INTERNEURON; LOCUST; NERVE CELL; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPIKE; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0036469376     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-03-01114.2002     Document Type: Article

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