Spectral properties of identified polarized-light sensitive interneurons in the brain of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1350-1361

  Kinoshita, Michiyo ^a   Pfeiffer, Keram ^b,c   Homberg, Uwe ^b  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Color vision; Insect brain; Polarization vision; Schistocerca gregaria; Skylight navigation; Spectral opponency

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GRASSHOPPER; INTERNEURON; LIGHT; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPECTROSCOPY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GRASSHOPPERS; INTERNEURONS; LIGHT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 34248592866     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02744     Document Type: Article

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