Characterization of lobula giant neurons responsive to visual stimuli that elicit escape behaviors in the crab Chasmagnathus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 2414-2428

  Medan, Violeta ^a   Oliva, Damián ^a   Tomsic, Daniel ^a,b  

^a Inst de Fisiol   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; DECISION MAKING; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; GIANT NERVE CELL; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 35348855714     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00803.2007     Document Type: Article

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