Visual system of calliphorid flies: Motion- and orientation-sensitive visual interneurons supplying dorsal optic glomeruli

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 500, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 189-208

  Okamura, Jun Ya ^a,b   Strausfeld, Nicholas J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Insect; Motion; Optic glomeruli; Orientation; Small field neurons; Visual processing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; COMPOUND EYE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLY; GLOMERULAR STRUCTURE; INNERVATION; INTERNEURON; MALE; MONOCULAR VISION; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC GLOMERULUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DIPTERA; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MOTION; OPTIC LOBE; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SILVER STAINING; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33845415178     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21195     Document Type: Article

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