Neuronal correlates of the visually elicited escape response of the crab Chasmagnathus upon seasonal variations, stimuli changes and perceptual alterations

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

Volumn 194, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 587-596

  Sztarker, Julieta ^a   Tomsic, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Crustacea; Escape behavior; Intracellular recordings; Lobula giant neurons; Optic lobes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; BRACHYURA; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MONOCULAR VISION; NERVE CELL; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRACHYURA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESCAPE REACTION; MALE; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEASONS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISION, MONOCULAR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 43749120709     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-008-0333-3     Document Type: Article

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