Visual system of calliphorid flies: Organization of optic glomeruli and their lobula complex efferents

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 500, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 166-188

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Glomeruli; Insect; Neuron morphology; Visual processing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPOUND EYE; DENDRITE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FLY; GANGLION; GLIA CELL; GLOMERULAR STRUCTURE; INTERNEURON; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC GLOMERULUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; DIPTERA; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; OPTIC LOBE; SILVER STAINING; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 33845419222     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21196     Document Type: Article

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