Anatomical organization of retinotopic motion-sensitive pathways in the optic lobes of flies

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 132-150

  Douglass, John K ^a   Strausfeld, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomical organization; Directional selectivity; Insecta; Motion vision; Retinotopic neurons

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS;

ANATOMICAL ORGANIZATION; CELL SHAPES; DIRECTIONAL SELECTIVITY; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; INTRACELLULAR RECORDINGS; LEPIDOPTERA; MOTION VISION; NEURONAL MORPHOLOGY; RETINOTOPIC NEURON;

NEURONS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOMIMETICS; CELL SHAPE; FLY; GENE MUTATION; HYMENOPTERA; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; LEPIDOPTERA; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOTOPIC NEURON; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; VISION;

DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0041336972     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.10367     Document Type: Review

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