Fly photoreceptors demonstrate energy-information trade-offs in neural coding

PLoS Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 828-840

  Niven, Jeremy E ^a,c   Anderson, John C ^b   Laughlin, Simon B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CALLIPHORA VICINA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FLY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; RETINA; SENSORY NERVE CELL; VISION; ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA; ENERGY METABOLISM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

CALLIPHORA VICINA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; SARCOPHAGA CARNARIA;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; ENERGY METABOLISM; NEURONS; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE;

EID: 34247341729     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0050116     Document Type: Article

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