Response properties of visual interneurons to motion stimuli in the praying mantis, Tenodera aridifolia

Zoological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 819-832

  Yamawaki, Yoshifumi ^a   Toh, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Insect vision; Lobula complex; Motion sensitive neurons; Praying mantis; Spatial tuning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTERNEURON; MANTODEA; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTERNEURONS; MANTODEA; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; MANTIS; MANTIS RELIGIOSA; MANTODEA; TENODERA; TENODERA ARIDIFOLIA;

EID: 0141707974     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.20.819     Document Type: Article

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