Neural mechanisms underlying target detection in a dragonfly centrifugal neuron

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 3277-3284

  Geurten, Bart R H ^a,c   Nordström, Karin ^a   Sprayberry, Jordanna D H ^b,d   Bolzon, Douglas M ^a   O'Carroll, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast dependence; Elementary motion detection (EMD); Insect vision; Spatial interactions; Target detection; Velocity tuning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INSECT; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INSECTS; NEURONS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); HEXAPODA;

EID: 35649012725     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.008425     Document Type: Article

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