A motion-sensitive neurone responds to signals from the two visual systems of the blowfly, the compound eyes and ocelli

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 4464-4474

  Parsons, Matthew M ^a   Krapp, Holger G ^b   Laughlin, Simon B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blowfly; Calliphora; Compound eye; Electrophysiology; Invertebrate; LPTC; Multisensory integration; Neural processing; Ocelli; Tangential cell; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EYE; FEMALE; FLY; FLYING; LIGHT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; VISION;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; EYE; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; LIGHT; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOVEMENT; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; ROTATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; CALLIPHORA; CALLIPHORA VICINA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33845740238     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02560     Document Type: Article

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