Neural mechanism underlying complex receptive field properties of motion-sensitive interneurons

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 628-634

  Haag, Juergen ^a   Borst, Alexander ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOWFLY; DENDRITE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; FEMALE; FLY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNEURON; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MOTION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; INTERNEURONS; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SYNAPSES; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 2542420840     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1245     Document Type: Article

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