Surgical lesion of the anterior optic tract abolishes polarotaxis in tethered flying locusts, Schistocerca gregaria

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

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-50

  Mappes, Martina ^a   Homberg, Uwe ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compass navigation; Polarization vision; Polarotaxis; Schistocerca gregaria; Visual system

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; LOCUSTATACHYKININ II PROTEIN, LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; TACHYKININ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLYING; GRASSHOPPER; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; ORIENTATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GRASSHOPPERS; INSECT PROTEINS; LIGHT; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TACHYKININS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33846033503     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-006-0166-x     Document Type: Article

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