Responses of the teleostean nucleus isthmi to looming objects and other moving stimuli

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 209-219

  Gallagher, Shawn P ^a   Northmore, David P M ^b  

^a MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Looming; Motion; Nucleus isthmi; Optic tectum; Teleost

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; GOLDFISH; HABITUATION; ISTHMOOPTIC NUCLEUS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE; TELEOST; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; FISHES; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 33646152096     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523806232061     Document Type: Article

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