The mapping of visual space by identified large second-order neurons in the dragonfly median ocellus

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 192, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1105-1123

  Berry, Richard ^a   Stange, Gert ^a   Olberg, Robert ^b   Van Kleef, Joshua ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dragonfly; L neuron; Ocelli; Receptive field; Three dimensional reconstructions; White noise

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SENSE ORGAN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INSECTS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSE ORGANS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 33749314943     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-006-0142-5     Document Type: Article

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