Relationship between the phases of sensory and motor activity during a looming-evoked multistage escape behavior

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 37, 2007, Pages 10047-10059

  Fotowat, Haleh ^a   Gabbiani, Fabrizio ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

DCMD; Electrophysiology; High speed video; Jump escapes; Locust; Sensorimotor transformation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; JUMPING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; ESCAPE REACTION; GRASSHOPPERS; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 34548606044     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1515-07.2007     Document Type: Article

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