Directional selectivity in the simple eye of an insect

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2845-2855

  Van Kleef, Joshua ^a   Berry, Richard ^a   Stange, Gert ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Directional selectivity; Electrophysiology; Invertebrate; L neurons; Ocellus; Reverse correlation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIRECTIONAL VISION; EYE; INSECT; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA NERVE CELL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

ANIMALS; INSECTS; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 40849147440     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5556-07.2008     Document Type: Article

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