Movement-sensitive, polarization-sensitive, and light-sensitive neurons of the medulla and accessory medulla of the locust, Schistocerca gregaria

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 386, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 329-346

  Homberg, Uwe ^a   Würden, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Insect brain; Optic lobe; Polarized light; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; LOCUST; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; CELL POLARITY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GRASSHOPPERS; LIGHT; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS;

EID: 1842404796     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970929)386:3<329::AID-CNE1>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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