Impact of Photon Noise on the Reliability of a Motion-Sensitive Neuron in the Fly's Visual System

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 34, 2003, Pages 10776-10783

  Grewe, Jan ^a   Kretzberg, Jutta ^b   Warzecha, Anne Kathrin ^a   Egelhaaf, Martin ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Equivalent noise; Insect vision; Motion vision; Photon noise; Reliability; Visual motion processing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOTION; NERVE CELL; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RELIABILITY; SPIKE; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0345491884     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-34-10776.2003     Document Type: Article

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