Small object detection neurons in female hoverflies

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1591, 2006, Pages 1211-1216

  Nordström, Karin ^a   O'Carroll, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Higher order visual neurons; Hypercomplex cells; Intracellular electrophysiology; Visual target detection

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; DETECTION METHOD; EVOLUTION; FLY; NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CILIARY GANGLION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ERISTALIS TENAX; FEMALE; FLY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ERISTALIS TENAX; HEXAPODA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DIPTERA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 33745031115     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3424     Document Type: Article

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