Polarization vision in crayfish motion detectors

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 194, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 565-575

  Glantz, Raymon M ^a,b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustacea; Directional selectivity; Motion detection; Polarization sensitivity; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CRAYFISH; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; IN VITRO STUDY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; CALIBRATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 43749087092     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-008-0331-5     Document Type: Article

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