Spatial distribution of inputs and local receptive field properties of a wide-field, looming sensitive neuron

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2240-2253

  Krapp, Holger G ^a   Gabbiani, Fabrizio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; LATENT PERIOD; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MODEL; MORPHOLOGY; MOTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 15544373017     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00965.2004     Document Type: Article

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